RE: Stoicism
March 4, 2024 at 9:07 pm
(This post was last modified: March 4, 2024 at 9:09 pm by Jillybean.)
"In fact an emphasis on practical usefulness is probably a very modern thing. So choosing a set of ethics based on what seems useful would go against the original Stoics. They would say you ought to choose your ethics based on the the truth of the way the universe is. "
- However, the "truth of the way the universe is" is always debatable, so if a set of ethics is good for oneself and for others, why dissect it further?
- However, the "truth of the way the universe is" is always debatable, so if a set of ethics is good for oneself and for others, why dissect it further?
