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Stoic Six Pack 4 - The Sceptics (Illustrated)Pyyrhonic Sketches, Life of Pyrrho, Sextus Empiricus, The Greek Sceptics, Stoics & Sceptics and Life of Carneades. E-book. Formato EPUB Diogenes Laërtius - Enhanced Media Publishing, 2016 -
“The truth is hypothetical.”Scepticism (or skepticism), the belief that requires all information to be well supported by evidence, originated in the Skeptikoi, a first century BC Greek school who “asserted nothing.” The school was founded by Aenesidemus; our main source of the school’s teachings is Sextus Empiricus and the leader of the Sceptics was Pyrrho of Elis (365-275 BC) who had traveled to India and studied with the gymnosophists (naked lovers of wisdom). From India, Pyrrho brought back the idea that nothing can be known for certain. The senses are easily fooled, and reason follows too easily our desires. Along with Stoicism and Epicureanism, Scepticism was one of the three dominant schools of Hellenistic Philosophy.A sextet of sceptic texts has been collected in Stoic Six Pack 4 – The Sceptics:Pyrrhonic Sketches by Sextus EmpiricusLife of Pyrrho by Diogenes LaërtiusSextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism by Mary Mills PatrickThe Greek Sceptics: from Pyrrho to Sextus by Norman MacCollStoics and Sceptics by Edwyn BevanLife of Carneades by Diogenes LaërtiusA key concept for the sceptics was ataraxia ("tranquility"), a Greek term used by Pyrrho to describe a lucid state of robust tranquility, characterized by ongoing freedom from distress and worry. By applying ideas of what he called "practical skepticism" to Ethics and to life in general, Pyrrho concluded that ataraxia could be achieved. Arriving at a state of ataraxia became the ultimate goal of the early Skeptikoi.“Skepticism is the first step toward truth.”
Stoic Six Pack 5 - The Cynics (Illustrated)An Introduction to Cynic Philosophy, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, Life of Antisthenes, The Symposium (Book IV), Life of Diogenes and Life of Crates . E-book. Formato EPUB Diogenes Laërtius. - Enhanced Media Publishing, 2016 -
"I would rather go mad than feel pleasure."- Antisthenes.For Cynics the secret to happiness was living a life of virtue in harmony with Nature with only the bare essentials necessary for survival. They rejected materialism and were free of belongings. Many were homeless and proud of it. The Cynics emphasized the value of self-sufficiency, or autarkeia. They ate one (vegetarian) meal a day and made a habit of walking vast distances to stay in shape. The school extolled the virtue of perseverance, or karteria.The founder of Cynicism was Antisthenes (445 – 365 BC), a former student of Socrates. He was followed by Diogenes of Sinope, who famously lived in a tub on the streets of Athens. The third key figure was Crates of Thebes (360 - 280 BC), a rich man who gave away his money to live a life of pious poverty. Crates wed the like-minded Hipparchia of Maroneia and they became one of the few known philosopher couples in antiquity.Stoic Six Pack 5 – The Cynics presents the key primary sources of this ancient philosophy, as well as secondary material to provide insight and understanding:An Introduction to Cynic Philosophy by John MacCunn.The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave by Publius Syrus.Life of Antisthenes by Diogenes Laërtius.Book IV of The Symposium by Xenophon.Life of Diogenes by Diogenes Laërtius.Life of Crates by Diogenes Laërtius.With the rise of Stoicism in the 3rd Century B.C., the Cynic movement stalled. But there was renewed interest in the 1st Century A.D. when bedraggled Cynics could be found on the streets of Rome in large numbers, preaching their creed of anti-materialism and a simple life. The philosophy struck a chord with certain elements of Roman society and Cynics flourished into the 4th Century A.D., unlike Stoicism, which had long since faded by that time.“It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.”- Diogenes of Sinope.