Think like a Stoic: Ancient Wisdom for Today's World
How Stoics Understand Providence
S1 • E4 Mar 25, 2021 27m
Stoics’s thoughts on providence were much different than Christians would later think of it. Consider three interrelated notions of Stoic thinking that constitute three important aspects of their metaphysics: materialism, cause-effect, and determinism. In the process, you’ll gain a new perspective on an old chestnut in metaphysics and moral philosophy: the problem of free will.