POL 2107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Stoicism
15 Sep 2017
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Most people believe economics as more important today. Considered politics as the most important aspect, first culture to practice politics. Agora: where they assembled and held their votes and held discussions regarding politics and common concern. He believed that you are not truly human if you leave your community [he never leaved athens] Accepted as part of the natural order of things. Each person fits into a divinely perfect spot. Hierarchy rarely changes [how the person lives their life] The despotic power is often masked, as it is not accepted. Presented as an ideal, for a better utopian life. The possibility for despotic power is never remote. No parliament, no free press, no public voice, no private property. The early greeks admired the egyptians and persians for their culture. Diogenes : was a greek philosopher and one of the founders of cynic philosophy. Also known as diogenes the cynic, he was born in sinope, an ionian colony on the.
