Stoic Creed

Author : William Leslie Davidson
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Total Pages : 310 pages
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Download or read book The Stoic Creed written by William Leslie Davidson and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stoic Creed by William Leslie Davidson, first published in 1907, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

Author : William L Davidson
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Total Pages : 300 pages
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Download or read book The Stoic Creed written by William L Davidson and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Davidson has given us in this book an interesting general summary of the Stoic philosophy. Students who are familiar with the literature of the subject will not find much that is new to them in this summary; and perhaps the interests even of the general reader would have been better consulted if the author had gone more into detail on many of the interesting points that have recently been discussed. In particular, we should have been glad to see a fuller statement of the parts played by the various members of the Stoic school in the formulation of the creed. From the point of view of the exact history of philosophy, we should have preferred to see less use made of the late Stoics and more use made of the fragments of Zeno, Cleanthes, and Chrysippus; for there can be no doubt that these were the formative thinkers of the school, and that the members of the Middle and Later Stoa did little but repeat the older arguments, enforcing them by apt illustration and clever rhetoric, but often, also, losing consistency by borrowing ideas from other schools. Probably one might go further and say that all the main ideas of Stoicism are to be found already in Zeno -- that the task of Cleanthes was simply that of systematizing, and the task of Chrysippus, that of finding new arguments for old conclusions. The general relation of the main thinkers of the school is correctly stated by Prof. Davidson, but in a book of this size room might surely have been found for a more detailed treatment of the question. The object of the book, however, is different. Its object is to present Stoicism as a single closed system of ideas, important by reason of its high moral tone and its influence on several successive generations. The author has achieved this task in a distinctly interesting way. He has chosen characteristic and forcible passages from Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius, and has given us a fairly complete picture of the Stoic beliefs, especially on the ethical and theological sides. The book also contains much shrewd and sensible criticism, of which pp. 99-104 on the Stoic cosmology are perhaps the most favorable specimen.--The Classical Review, Vol. 21

Author : Davidson William L.
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ISBN 13 : 9780243842018
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Author : William L. Davidson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781440070761
Total Pages : 308 pages
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Download or read book The Stoic Creed written by William L. Davidson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Stoic Creed These chapters are a contribution towards the exposition and just appreciation of Stoicism-which, whatever its defects, was a system of lofty principles, illustrated in the lives of many noble men. The subject has perennial fascination; and there are not wanting signs that it appeals with special attractiveness to cultured minds at the present day. It has both speculative and practical value ; its analysis of human nature and its theory of knowledge, no less than its ethical teaching, giving insight into the problems of the universe and the right mode of guiding life. As an important stage in the march of philosophical thought, and as a luminous chapter in the history of natural theology, it solicits our attention, and will repay our study. Ample quotations are designedly made from the Stoic writers themselves and from ancient Greek and Latin expositions. Responsibility for the translation of most of the passages must be accepted by myself. One exception, however, has to be made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : William Leslie Davidson
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781341165931
Total Pages : 312 pages
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Download or read book The Stoic Creed written by William Leslie Davidson and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : William L. Davidson
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781497824676
Total Pages : 298 pages
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Download or read book The Stoic Creed written by William L. Davidson and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1907 Edition.

Author : William Wolfe Capes
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Total Pages : 276 pages
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Download or read book Stoicism written by William Wolfe Capes and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward Vernon Arnold
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Total Pages : 488 pages
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Download or read book Roman Stoicism Being Lectures on the History of the Stoic Philosophy with Special Reference to Its Development Within the Roman Empire written by Edward Vernon Arnold and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gilbert Murray
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134047959
Total Pages : 190 pages
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Download or read book Stoic, Christian and Humanist written by Gilbert Murray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects together four essays by the very well-known academic Gilbert Murray that were first presented between 1914 and 1939. The author seeks to present a statement of his profound belief in ethics and disbelief in revelational religions. The philosophy of this great thinker is accessibly written while it addresses deep questions of the nature of morality and the basis of religions. This collection was first published in 1940.

Author : Marcia l. Colish
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004072671
Total Pages : 468 pages
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Download or read book The Stoic Tradition from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages written by Marcia l. Colish and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1985 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: