Epictetus

developed into a problem that is interfering with learning and the safety of the students. The president of Bellevue College has ordered a mandatory meeting to resolve the issues that we have at hand. Professor Malthus, Paz, Po-Chu- I, Weil, and Epictetus have all been witnesses of this inappropriate behavior. The president has demanded that they explain their accounts and offer suggestions as to how the problems should be addressed. President: If we are all here, let’s begin. Thank you all…

1. The first type of involuntary action Aristotle describes is those done under compulsion, where the individual is not in control of what is happening. In other words, external cause is the only factor that contributed to one’s actions. The latter type is involuntary actions done through ignorance. This is dependent on the degree of one’s ignorance; ignorance that isn’t one’s fault is considered excusable, and it does not include willful ignorance, ignorance of the law, and recklessness or…

The bad version of a benevolent monarch was a malevolent monarch, which was the worst form of government. A malevolent monarch was one who pursued his own wishes and kept the citizens under tight control. This is closely aligned with a modern day dictatorship, where the people are suppressed and are forced to work in ways that will benefit the ruler’s wishes. The second best form of government, Aristotle described as an aristocracy, made up of good people. Aristocracies had the well being of its…

Cavell suggests, or the general love Bloom refers to, what matters is that he lacks self-knowledge of his own love. Epictetus, the stoic, has a moral story about the consequence of it, which is mentioned in Foucault’s lecture: there is a father runs away from his ill daughter because he is too upset by the condition of his daughter that he cannot bear the sight of her illness. Epictetus criticizes this attitude because the father forgets to follow the nature of family bond, but has too much…

Each of the stoic ideas will be examined through the heroes: Arthur, Lancelot, Theseus, and Sigurd. Each hero’s display of or lack of stoicism will be supported with the ethical advice from The Enchiridion of Epictetus. Arthur, from the Sword in the Stone, portrays justice, courage, and moderation, while giving no sign of wisdom. Arthur shows courage with the act of pulling the sword from the stone. All the men of noble blood had gathered at the tournament…

like the passive approach. He began to develop a therapy he believed would be more effective, using his own experiences, research, and philosophy based on writings of Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, to create something…

One essay that came to my thoughts when discussing happiness and what it really means was the "Inner Contentment" by The Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler. There was an aspect discussed in this essay and I believe is the source that happiness derives from, desires. If you have a desire for anything, once you acquire such thing, you ultimately get satisfaction, another form of happiness. Desires spring our thoughts and ideas, later affecting our actions. All we want to do with desires is to fulfill…

Sociology of Deviance The Division of the Mind, Soul & Body We do not live in a world of our own creation. We live in a world that is made up. In the words of James Baldwin an African American Historian, “People invent categories in order to feel safe.” (Dialogue 88-9) In other words people create associations to loosely say ‘I am not that’ or ‘I am this’, to feel a part of something and have a classification for social order. This notion applies to the body as well. People cannot simply…

This theme relates to Epictetus’ idea that irrational thoughts should be avoided. In The Handbook for Stoic Happiness, Epictetus states that “If you kiss your child or your wife, say that you are kissing a human being; for when it dies you will not be upset” (Handbook 3). This means that you should not think of another human…

hero. From the killing a misunderstood creature to only looking for his word to be spread, he did not meet most criteria explained by several sources of ethics. He even vaguely reached the Webster definition by being admired. The Enchiridion by Epictetus is called the handbook, with it reading several morality rules represented by chapters. It is considered the basis of humanity and anything that is below. While the Enchiridion was made 125 AD, Beowulf was estimated to be written 700-1000 CE;…