Zeno of Citium

History of Ancient Rome Midterm Zeno of Citium Zeno of Citium was a Greek thinker who argued that the universe was in a vacuum with particles passing through it. Therefore nothing lasted forever, even gods. There is also no afterlife. Zeno argued that there were still virtues to be had. Battle of Cannae In the second Punic war Hannibal marched his army from Spain through the Alps and into the Italian peninsula. Though he lost around a third of his men Hannibal’s forces were revitalized by galls who opposed Rome’s conquest of their land in northern Italy. Hannibal brought around 40000 infantry and 10000 cavalry while the romans brought around 80000 men and 6000 cavalry to the battle of Cannae. When Hannibal arrived at Cannae he took his position…

Zeno of Citium created the school of philosophy known as Stoicism. The main believe or aspect of this school is modesty. Document #6.2 explains briefly about not boasting, for example, about abstinence to those who do not share the same beliefs about sexuality as you. Another fundamental belief that is talked about is the acceptance of not being able to control everything. In document #6.2 the idea behind this is that the power to control everything belongs to god and that since you do not have…

How do we live ‘according to nature’ in the Stoic doctrine? Do you agree with this doctrine? Stoicism is one of the branches of ancient philosophy originally founded by Zeno of Citium (300 BC). What is Stoicism? Stoic philosophy is not a series of philosophical claims about the nature of the world, of what we can know or what is right or wrong. Instead, Stoicism is commonly described to be an attitude, a way of life (Sellar, 2006). More importantly, the stoics have repeatedly stated in their…

A person gets depressed when his or her boyfriend or girlfriend breaks up with him or her. Parents feel life is miserable after the departure of their children. A businessman is thwarted because he has lost all his possessions during the financial crisis. Stoicism presents you a fantastic approach to avoid grief. All these negative emotions are the result of caring too much of what does not belong to you. You must let it go because those you do not have complete control over are externals.…

with no values. Hume also states that we need to have passion, and that these passions shouldn’t be overdone or underdone. Our passions must be benign, cheerful, nonviolent, and social. Hume also puts a large emphasis on nature. He states, “Such a reflection certainly tends to mortify all our passions: But does it not thereby counterwork the artifice of nature, who has happily deceived us into an opinion, that human life is of some importance?” (Hume, 352). The artifice of nature means that…

1) To dive into the puzzle of the Sea Battle we must first discuss the Principle of Bivalence. The Principle of Bivalence can be summarized as follows: for any well-formed proposition, the truth value of that statement must be either true or false. The truth value of the proposition cannot be both (a contradiction), nor neither (a gap). And when looking at the puzzle of the Sea Battle it is of special importance to us to keep in mind that a proposition cannot be neither true nor false, for like…

1. 1: Zeno of Citium 2: Epicurus Possibly, the image of two philosophers, who were typically shown in pairs during the Renaissance: Heraclitus, the "weeping" philosopher, and Democritus, the "laughing" philosopher. 3: unknown (believed to be Raphael)[14] 4: Boethius or Anaximander or Empedocles? 5: Averroes 6: Pythagoras 7: Alcibiades or Alexander the Great? 8: Antisthenes or Xenophon or Timon? 9: Raphael,[14][15][16] Fornarina as a personification of Love[17] or Francesco Maria Della Revere?…

Stoicism is defined as “a philosophy, based on the ideas of Zeno that held that people could only be happy when living in accordance with nature and accepting whatever happened.”(McKay et al. 138). Zeno of Citium traveled to Athens with the intent to form his own school, the Stoa, which took its namesake from the covered walkways where he preferred to teach. Stoicism instills the development of self-control and resilience to overcome “destructive emotions”, such as passion. Rather than eliminate…

Epicurean and Stoic way of life. Although both ways of life have positives and negatives, though thorough research I have come to a realization that the Epicurean way of life is far superior to that of the Stoic way of life and hope to convince you the same way I too was convinced. The Stoic way of life is centered around finding happiness. To find it they, “sought happiness through wisdom, a wisdom by which to control what lay within human ability and to accept with dignifies resignation what…

included leap years, and where he tried to go back to included historical events. Eratosthenes may be well known for his work in Mathematics, Astronomy, and Geography but he was also well known for his poetry and music. He wrote Hermes which is a poem that was constructed about God’s life, he also wrote other poems about mystical characters, and a writing of events in chronological order. He wrote several other books on Earth, Geography, and constellations just to name a few of the topics he…