Shakespeare and Stoic Ethics, Volume 1University of Wisconsin, 1965 - 886 pages |
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Page 75
... virtue ; nothing can be taken from it , and the name of virtue be left . " 54 As it had been for the Greeks , virtue and goodness remained absolutes for the Romans . However , Stoic virtue was also a function of man's nature , and for ...
... virtue ; nothing can be taken from it , and the name of virtue be left . " 54 As it had been for the Greeks , virtue and goodness remained absolutes for the Romans . However , Stoic virtue was also a function of man's nature , and for ...
Page 93
... virtue which will enable him to maintain his equilibrium , despite his fickle master . Thus , Seneca declares , " We ... virtue of constancy . It is the faculty of yielding to externals while maintaining certain principles . Nor is it ...
... virtue which will enable him to maintain his equilibrium , despite his fickle master . Thus , Seneca declares , " We ... virtue of constancy . It is the faculty of yielding to externals while maintaining certain principles . Nor is it ...
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... virtue . Similarly with regard to actions also there is excess , defect , and the intermediate . Now virtue is concerned with passions and actions , in which excess is a form of failure , and so is defect , while the intermediate is ...
... virtue . Similarly with regard to actions also there is excess , defect , and the intermediate . Now virtue is concerned with passions and actions , in which excess is a form of failure , and so is defect , while the intermediate is ...
Contents
GREEK STOICISM | 29 |
ROMAN STOICISM | 53 |
STOICISM IN THE RENAISSANCE | 99 |
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