PHILOS 2P03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Stoicism, Pantheism
21 Apr 2020
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Overview: equanimity and humanity, the nature of emotion, classifying the emotions, the problem of emotions, therapy, the emotional life of the wise, concluding remarks. The stoic wise person (or sage ) remains calm in the face of adversity and is totally unaffected by chance. This famous equanimity was a large part of stoicism"s appeal in antiquity but it might also seem unattractive: was appealing concept to roman"s, encouraged you to go for you goals but not hold on. Does stoic equanimity imply a kind of inhumanity: true stoic is beyond humanity nut not the real case. Two possible views: an emotion is a feeling, there is something it feels like to be angry, say, or afraid. There are also corresponding physiological symptoms (e. g. raised heart rate, trembling etc. ) Yes you are angry at the bus system and that the busses all passed packed: emotions are more than feeling but a cognitive state of mind.
