These are my rough notes summarizing the discussion of Stoic Ethics in Cicero’s De Finibus. Cicero puts these words in the mouth of his deceased friend, the Stoic republican hero Cato of Utica. It’s very interesting to compare this to the similar discussion in Diogenes Laertius, our other major source for Stoic Ethics. The main […]
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Stoic Quotes from Joseph Addison’s Cato, a Tragedy (1712)
Quotes expressing Stoic philosophical ideas from Joseph Addison’s play Cato, a Tragedy (1712)
Cato’s Speech on Stoic Philosophy from Lucan’s The Civil War
An excerpt from Lucan’s epic poem The Civil War (or Pharsalia) in which Cato the Younger delivers a speech on Stoic philosophy.