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Self-mastery and Stoic Ethics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2009

Keith Campbell
Affiliation:
University of Sydney

Extract

For the Stoic hero, the man or woman of virtue, the conduct of life presents no serious problems. The life of the sage comprises a consistent and effortless flow of actions, all conforming to virtue and all undertaken for the sake of their place in a virtuous life. The Stoic sage has advanced to a point where a life of courage and wisdom, justice and temperance comes easily and naturally, without struggle and without repinings.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 1985

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