Stoic Naturalism and Its Critics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23157559 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T H Irwin, Terence Irwin (University of Toronto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Pages | 345-364 |
| Publication date | 2003-05-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Cambridge Companion to the Stoics (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/ccol052177005x.015 |
| OpenAlex | W2499144212 |
| ISBN | 9780521770057 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
Three Stoic doctrines have heavily influenced the course of later moral philosophy: (1) Eudaemonism: the ultimate end for rational action is the agent's own happiness. (2) Naturalism: happiness and virtue consist in living in accord with nature. (3) Moralism: moral virtue is to be chosen for its own sake and is to be preferred above any combination of items with non-moral value. These Stoic doctrines provide some later moralists with a starting-point and an outline that they try to develop and amplify. These moralists include supporters of the position that I will call 'Scholastic naturalism'. For other later moralists, Stoicism provides a target; they develop their own positions by explaining why they reject the Stoic position. Still others defend some of these Stoic doctrines and reject others.
Action (physics) · Epistemology · Happiness · Morality · Naturalism · Political science · Stoicism · Virtue · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.35 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2020 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |