Right this moment, trendy Stoics debates the position of physics and logic within the philosophy and the place of lifehacks and heuristics. Aristo had these debates hundred of years in the past.
Aristo of Chios was an early Stoic heretic – somebody who might have decided key components of the philosophy, however due to the contingencies of historical past, didn’t.
Particularly, he:
- Rejected the logic and physics
- Reject the thought of most popular indifferents
- Rejection any use of precepts
On this dialog, Michael and Caleb focus on every of those imply, what the orthodox Stoics mentioned about every of Aristo’s challenges, and what they give thought to the problems as we speak.
Among the finest methods to know what Stoicism is, is to interact in high-quality debate. Aristo of Chios helps us do this.
(02:12) Introduction
(09:17) The Rejection of Logic and Physics
(18:50) Rejecting Most well-liked Indifferents
(32:20) Rejecting Precepts
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