Stoic against the City

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Mabille, Louise

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South African Society for Greek Philosophy and the Humanities

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In these decadent times, it is tempting to turn to Stoicism for alternative inspiration. It is misleading, however, to think that Stoicism possess a genuinely political dimension; in fact it is inimical to politics as understood in the classical sense. Drawing on Hannah Arendt and Friedrich Nietzsche, it is shown that Stoicism could be as anti-polis as the rest of the metaphysical tradition.

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Stoicism

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Mabille, L 2007, 'Stoic against the City', Phronimon, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 69-79.