STOICISM

Stoicism was a Greek school of philosophy, founded by Zeno of Citium, which teaches that self-control, fortitude and detachment from distracting emotions, sometimes interpreted as an indifference to pleasure or pain, allows one to become a clear thinker, level-headed and unbiased.

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Philosophers / Theorists:

Zeno of Citium (c.335 - 263 BCE)
Cleanthes (c.301 - c.232 BCE)
Chrysippus (c.280 - c.201 BCE)
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 - 43 BCE) [also an eclectic]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BCE - 65 CE) [Seneca the Younger]
Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180 CE)
Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis [Cato the Younger] (95 BC–46 BC),
Epictetus (55 - 135 CE)

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CONFERENCES

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Le Stoïcisme: de la physique à l'éthique, Ecole doctorale lettres, Université Lyon 3, Avril 29

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Université de Toulouse 2: CRATA: Les Stoïciens: questions philosophiques et littéraires

COURSES

Monash University: Science, Happiness and Death in Stoic and Epicurean Philosophy (Baltzly)

JOURNALS

SOURCES: PRIMARY

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Anthologies:
- Inwood, Brad, and L. P. Gerson, eds. Hellenistic Philosophy: Introductory Readings. Indianapolis: Hackett, 1988.
- Long, A. A., and D. N. Sedley, eds. The Hellenistic Philosophers. 2 vols. Cambridge: CUP.
  - Greek and Latin Texts with Notes and Bibliography. Vol. 2. 1989.
  - Translations of the Principal Sources with Philosophical Commentary. Vol. 1. 1987.
- Von Arnim, Hans, ed. Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta. Leipzig, 1903-5.
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Archives:
- Schneider, Ben R.: The Stoic Legacy
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SOURCES: SECONDARY

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Anthologies:
- Algra, Keimpe, Jonathan Barnes, Jaap Mansfeld and Malcolm Schofield, eds. The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy. Cambridge: CUP, 1999.
- Inwood, Brad, ed. Cambridge Companion to the Stoics. Cambridge: CUP, 2003.
- Long, A. A. ed. Problems in Stoicism. London: , 1971.
Selected Individual Works:
- Brennan, Tad. The Stoic Life: Emotions, Duties, and Fate. Oxford: OUP, 2005.
- Brunschwig, J. Papers in Hellenistic Philosophy. Cambridge: CUP, 1994.
- Colish, V. The Stoic Tradition from Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages. 2 Vols. Leiden: , 1985.
- Couissin, P. “The Stoicism of the New Academy.” Burnyeat.
- Long, A. A. Hellenistic Philosophy: Stoics, Epicureans, Skeptics. 2nd edition. Berkeley: U of California P, 1986.
- Long, A. A. Stoic Studies. 2nd Ed. Berkeley: U of California P, 2001.
- Martin, M. G. F., et al. "Post-Aristotelian Philosophy." Philosophy Study Guide. London: Aristotelian Society, 1997. 121-124.
- Mitchell, David. "Later Ancient Philosophy." Philosophy 2: Further Through the Subject. Ed. A. C. Grayling. Oxford: OUP, 1998. 470-515.
- Rist, J. M. The Stoics. Berkeley: U of California P, 1978.
- Rist, J. M. Stoic Philosophy. Cambridge: CUP, 1969)
- Sambursky, S. The Physics of the Stoics. London, 1959.
- Sandbach, F. H. The Stoics. 2nd ed. London, 1994.
- Sharples, R. W. Stoics, Epicureans and Skeptics. London, 1996.
- Sherman, Nancy. Stoic Warriors: the Ancient Philosophy Behind the Military Mind. Oxford: OUP, 2005.
- Strange, Steven K., and Jack Zupko, eds. Stoicism: Traditions and Transformations. Cambridge: CUP, 2004.

On-Line:

Baltzly, Dirk: Stoicism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Stoicism
Stephens, William O.: Stoic Ethics (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Wikipedia Encyclopedia: Stoicism

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