Stoicism

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Hellenistic philosophy Roman philosophy ancient Greek philosophy ethical theory philosophical school

Stoicism is an ancient Greek and Roman philosophical school that teaches cultivating virtue, rationality, and inner resilience to achieve tranquility amid life's hardships.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Stoicism canonical	125
Stoic school	8
Stoic philosophy	6
Roman Stoicism	5
Stoic ethics	2
Stoics	2
Greco-Roman Stoicism	1
Roman Stoics	1
Stoic school of philosophy	1
Stoic theology	1
Stoic tradition	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ Roman philosophy ⓘ ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ ethical theory ⓘ philosophical school ⓘ
aimsAt	eudaimonia ⓘ tranquility ⓘ
centralConcept	apatheia ⓘ logos ⓘ oikeiosis ⓘ preferred indifferents ⓘ prohairesis ⓘ
coreValue	inner resilience ⓘ rationality ⓘ virtue ⓘ
definesEvilAs	vice ⓘ
definesGoodAs	virtue ⓘ
earlyRepresentative	Chrysippus of Soli ⓘ Cleanthes of Assos ⓘ
emergedInCentury	3rd century BCE ⓘ
emphasizesPractice	daily reflection ⓘ journaling ⓘ premeditation of adversity ⓘ view from above ⓘ
ethicalGoal	living virtuously in all circumstances ⓘ
foundedBy	Zeno of Citium ⓘ
hasBranch	ethics ⓘ logic ⓘ physics ⓘ
influenced	Christian moral thought ⓘ Roman imperial ethics ⓘ modern cognitive behavioral therapy ⓘ
middleRepresentative	Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ Posidonius of Apamea ⓘ
originatedIn	Athens ⓘ
regardsAsIndifferent	health ⓘ pain ⓘ pleasure ⓘ reputation ⓘ wealth ⓘ
RomanRepresentative	Epictetus ⓘ Marcus Aurelius ⓘ Seneca the Younger ⓘ
teaches	acceptance of fate ⓘ cultivating virtue as the highest good ⓘ distinguishing what is in our control from what is not ⓘ living in accordance with nature ⓘ using reason to govern emotions ⓘ
viewOnEmotion	emotions should be guided by reason ⓘ
viewOnFate	the universe is ordered by rational providence ⓘ

Referenced by (153)

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Baruch Spinoza → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Socrates → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

Hugo Grotius → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Classical Greek philosophy → hasSchool → Stoicism ⓘ

Cynicism → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

Western philosophy → includesMovement → Stoicism ⓘ

Marcus Aurelius → philosophicalSchool → Stoicism ⓘ

Heraclitus → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

Justin Martyr → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Philo of Alexandria → philosophicalTradition → Stoicism ⓘ

Irving Babbitt → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Plotinus → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Cicero → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Hellenistic religion → interpretedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Hellenistic period → associatedWith → Stoicism ⓘ

4 Maccabees → philosophicalInfluence → Stoicism ⓘ

Cato the Younger → philosophicalSchool → Stoicism ⓘ

Hermeticism → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Empedocles → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

Zeno of Citium → founded → Stoicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stoic school of philosophy

Zeno of Citium → philosophicalSchool → Stoicism ⓘ

Zeno of Citium → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Stoicism

Seneca the Younger → philosophicalSchool → Stoicism ⓘ

Panaetius of Rhodes → movement → Stoicism ⓘ

Panaetius of Rhodes → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Stoicism

Cleanthes of Assos → philosophicalSchool → Stoicism ⓘ

Cleanthes of Assos → memberOf → Stoicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stoic school

Chrysippus of Soli → school → Stoicism ⓘ

Chrysippus of Soli → movement → Stoicism ⓘ

Chrysippus of Soli → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Stoicism

Posidonius of Apamea → movement → Stoicism ⓘ

Epictetus → philosophicalSchool → Stoicism ⓘ

Neoplatonism → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Eleatic school → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

School of Socrates → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

Cynic school → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

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Diogenes of Sinope → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Stoics

Aristotelianism → opposedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Epicureanism → contrastsWith → Stoicism ⓘ

Megarian school → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stoic school

Megarian school → relatedSchool → Stoicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stoic school

Meditations → mainSubject → Stoicism ⓘ

Meditations → philosophicalSchool → Stoicism ⓘ

Meditations → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stoic tradition

Giambattista Vico → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Middle Platonism → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Simone Weil → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Upheavals of Thought → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ