De Constantia

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De Constantia is a late 16th-century philosophical treatise by Justus Lipsius that revives Stoic ideas to counsel inner steadiness and moral resilience amid public turmoil.

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De Constantia canonical 4
De constantia 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
philosophical treatise
addresses fear of public evils
sorrow over political disasters
aim to counsel inner steadiness amid public calamities
to revive Stoic ideas for a Christian audience
associatedWith Christian humanism
surface form: Catholic humanism

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author Justus Lipsius
centralConcept apatheia
constantia
providence
right use of reason
countryOfOrigin Habsburg Netherlands
genre Neostoic work
moral philosophy
hasPart Book I
Book II
hasTranslation On Constancy
historicalContext Eighty Years' War
surface form: Dutch Revolt

European wars of religion
surface form: Wars of Religion in Europe
influencedBy Christian theology
Cicero
Epictetus
Seneca the Younger
Stoic philosophy
intendedAudience educated Christian readers
statesmen and magistrates
literaryForm dialogue
mainTheme constancy
emotional self-control
inner steadiness
moral resilience
response to public turmoil
movement Counter-Reformation intellectual culture
Renaissance humanism
surface form: Northern Renaissance humanism
notableFor influence on early modern ethics
role in the development of Neostoicism
systematic Christianized Stoicism
originalLanguage Latin
originalTitle De Constantia self-link
philosophicalTradition Neostoicism
Stoicism
proposes acceptance of divine providence
moderation of the passions
withdrawal of the mind from external disturbances
publicationCentury 16th century
publicationPeriod late 16th century
setting amid political and religious turmoil in the Low Countries

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Justus Lipsius notableWork De Constantia
Neostoicism associatedWithWork De Constantia
De Constantia originalTitle De Constantia self-link
Politicorum sive civilis doctrinae libri sex relatedWorkByAuthor De Constantia
this entity surface form: De constantia
Admiranda sive de magnitudine Romana relatedWork De Constantia
this entity surface form: De constantia
Joost Lips notableWork De Constantia