John Kidd‚ III Stoical Men Block 6 In the movie Gladiator‚ David Franzoni uses stoicism to show the moral philosophy of the Romans‚ and how this philosophy affected the people and how they govern themselves. Stoicism asks the basic question‚ “What is the good life?” as well as saying there are things you can control‚ and thing that you can not. In Gladiator‚ Maximus is constantly in these situations‚ and finds out that his control over emotion is only controllable
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Gina Williams GS 601-OL5: The Renaissance Art World & Its Classical Origins Instructor: Kevin Koczela‚ Final Paper‚ December 8‚ 2010 Michelangelo’s Sybille de Cummes and the Sistine Chapel Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (family name shortened to Bouonarroti) was born in 1475 in the small town of Caprese near Florence‚ Italy. Michelangelo attended School at the age of nine where he had extensive training in Latin; however‚ he soon grew a desire to become an artist. Lodovico
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Epicureanism Vs. Stoicism Epicurus was a great philosopher that founded the Epicurean belief. He was born in 341 B.C. and met his demise in 270 B.C. He was an advocate for seeking out carnal desires; however‚ he also knew the significance of experiencing pain in life. Without suffering‚ people would indefinitely take everything for granted. Epicurus had a following of people that he taught to live modestly‚ within their means‚ in communities filled with individuals that had pleasant demeanors. His
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learning the many different philosophies I can truly say that Stoicism made the most sense to me. If I had to choose one specific philosophy as a guide for living‚ Stoicism would be the one. The amount of past experiences where I can blame emotions for getting in the way of the right decision‚ or emotions stopping me from doing a certain task are endless‚ as I’m sure it is for the average person. To make it plain and simple‚ Stoicism is to remove emotions completely. As we learned‚ emotions are
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The Philosopher Emperor Marcus Aurelius was born in 121 AD to a wealthy family originally from the province of Hispania Baetica‚ in the Roman Empire. Known as the philosopher emperor even during his own lifetime‚ Marcus was a staunch follower of Stoicism‚ which constantly guided his rule‚ his administration‚ and defined his senses of honor and duty. Also considered to be the last of the Five Good Emperors‚ it was ironic that this Golden Age of Rome ended‚ or was at least accelerated‚ by Marcus himself
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Summary #4 Zeno believed that “man conquers the world by conquering himself”. Lectures to his students were about absence of passion. He argued that only by controlling one’s emotions and physical desire we could develop wisdom and the ability to apply thereof. We should develop indifference to pain and pleasure by meditation‚ practice Stoic believes and this will develop a wisdom stemming from suppressing the influence of passion‚ and we will attain wisdom. Since nothing will be influencing our
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St. Augustine ’s Confessions: The Connection between Character and Evil Saint Augustine ’s powerful prayer to God tells the story of his struggles that led towards his conversion to Christianity. This journey toward Christ was difficult for Augustine‚ as it required him to overcome his misunderstanding of evil and his own sin. In Augustine ’s adolescents‚ a strong desire for lust overtook his life‚ not only hurting him spiritually‚ but also hurting the one woman who supported his conversion‚ his
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Platonism was the ideology the Plato had and a branch of this was known as Neoplatonism‚ which was what Augustine had taken to. (TeSelle) Neoplatonism was not as concrete in having one main idea‚ so it is important to pinpoint what Augustine’s take on it was. In an autobiographical work‚ The Confessions of St. Augustine‚ he writes on how Logos is the divine eternal
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The story of Hamlet shows Stoicism‚ which Hamlet himself conveys in Shakespeare’s piece. Stoicism means self-control or enduring of pain in order to develop clear judgement and inner calm. Stoicism was derived from Greek word “stoa” referring to a colonnade and developed by Zeno of Citium. Stoicism was presented in this play when Hamlet disguised himself as madman to avert his uncle’s attention to him as Claudius sees him as a threat. Hamlet discovered the truth behind his father’s death because
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St. Augustine is a fourth century philosopher whose groundbreaking philosophy infused Christian doctrine with Neoplatonism. He is famous for being an inimitable Catholic theologian and for his agnostic contributions to Western philosophy. He argues that skeptics have no basis for claiming to know that there is no knowledge. In a proof for existence similar to one later made famous by René Descartes‚ Augustine says‚ “[Even] If I am mistaken‚ I am.” He is the first Western philosopher to promote
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