Political Science 2237E Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Epicurus, Roman Republic, Stoicism
26 Sep 2018
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Epicurus is a response to polis and the response is to withdraw. Epicurus is way more cosmopolitan than someone like aristotle. Moral behaviour needs to be on a bigger stage than just in a group of friends. Old: zeno (c. 333-262: got shipwrecked in athens and set up his school on the porch of a church, simplifying your life. Middle: cicero (106-43: living in large roman republic, became so big it was hard to control, cicero is also a senator, recommends people perform duty and public service. Late: seneca (4 bce - 65ce: nero had him killed or commit suicide, teacher. Marcus aurelius (121-180: plato"s dream, philosopher and roman emperor, he was adopted by the roman emperor, he was an effective emperor, wrote meditations . Epictetus (c. 55-135: born a slave, had an enlightened master who saw he was intelligent and helped him to study with some prominent stoic philosophers.
