Episode #011 ... The Hellenistic Age Pt. 2 - The Early Stoa and the Cynics

Philosophize This!

Stephen West

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 7 December 2013

⏱️ 44 minutes

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This is the first of two episodes on Stoicism; in this episode, we learn about stoic physics and logic. We learn how the Stoics would likely react if faced with a zombie apocalypse and how a shipwreck caused a guy named Zeno to start dabbling in philosophy. We also learn about Diogenes, a man who lived in a tub, urinated in public, barked at passersby, and somehow managed to be envied by Alexander the Great. Finally, we find out what John Locke, Charlie Pace and a wild boar from LOST have to do with Stoic philosophy. All this and more on the latest episode of Philosophize This! Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philosophizethispodcast X: https://twitter.com/iamstephenwest Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/philosophizethisshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:39.8	Stoicism is typically broken down into three parts, logic, physics, and ethics.
0:45.4	The chronology of its initial development in the Hellenistic Age is also typically broken
0:49.7	down into three parts, the early stoa, middle stoa, and late stoa.
0:54.5	Each phase of its development made notable breakthroughs in different areas, but it's
0:57.8	important to note a few things.
0:59.8	By far, the most popular and most notable thinkers of the Stoic school are three people.
1:05.2	Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, and Epictetus.
1:08.2	Unfortunately, they didn't live during the early or middle stoa periods.
1:11.8	All three of them made their contributions during the late stoa, and they didn't drastically
1:15.8	change logic or physics, all three of them made their greatest contributions in the field
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