Mainly based on info from “A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy” – William B. Irvine
The First Stoics
- Zeno – (333-261 BC) = the first Stoic
- started as a Cynic
- “same” as today’s homeless
- Antisthenes
- pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes
- the Cynics were renowned for their wit and wisdom
- Diogenes (pupil of Antithenes) – the most famous Cynic
- Bad man obey their lusts as servants obey their masters.
- because they cannot control their desires, they can never find contentment
- lived on the streets of Athens.. same as Sokrates
- constantly pushing their philosophy on other people
- found to be more interested in theory than the cynics.. hence .. a combination & lifestyle & theory
- as Socrates had done
- Continue reading “Stoic History”