This philosophy developed in a city called Athens. Socrates, an Ancient Greek philosopher, heavily infulencened this ideaology. This certain philosopher's beliefs are similar to those found in Soticism. "Specifically, he recommended gaining rational control over your desires and harmonizing the different parts of your soul. Doing so would produce a divine-like state of inner tranquility that the external would could not effect" (The Pursuit of Happiness). Followers of Stoicism feel as if they have a type of inner peace that will not be disturbed by the surrounding world. There are three periods in which the development of Stoic teaching takes place. These periods include: The Early Stoa, The Middle Stoa, and The Later Stoa (also refered to as Roman Stoicism). Out of the two principle philosophical schools of the Hellenistic world, Stoicism became one of
This philosophy developed in a city called Athens. Socrates, an Ancient Greek philosopher, heavily infulencened this ideaology. This certain philosopher's beliefs are similar to those found in Soticism. "Specifically, he recommended gaining rational control over your desires and harmonizing the different parts of your soul. Doing so would produce a divine-like state of inner tranquility that the external would could not effect" (The Pursuit of Happiness). Followers of Stoicism feel as if they have a type of inner peace that will not be disturbed by the surrounding world. There are three periods in which the development of Stoic teaching takes place. These periods include: The Early Stoa, The Middle Stoa, and The Later Stoa (also refered to as Roman Stoicism). Out of the two principle philosophical schools of the Hellenistic world, Stoicism became one of