Beyond Stoicism: A Guide to the Good Life with Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans, and Other Ancient

First off, it’s clear that the ancient Greco-Romans have already done a lot of the heavy lifting when it comes to developing a life philosophy. These arguments offer evidence that many of the ancients believed that a single philosophy was the “correct” one, and that the best thought system should prove valid for every human in every situation. Ancient practitioners of this philosophy seem more renowned for their skills in debate (after all, “eristic” means something like “strife-makers”) than for seeking to improve their own character, at least in the literature that still survives today. Finally, the third head of the Stoa, Chrysippus of Soli, rejected ii.