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 Hello! The death of Aristotle began an era of philosophy where there were two major philosophies in the western world: the less popular Epicureanism and the more widely accepted Stoicism. Stoicism not only shown appeal to the Greeks that first found it but to the Romans who adopted some Greek culture and philosophy. The most important and the first Stoic philosopher is Zeno of Citium. Now there are two Zeno(s) in philosophy. Zeno of Elea lived before Socrates. He was influential but not our main interest today. But who was Zeno of Citium? ----- CHARACTER PROFILE: ZENO/CITIUM Born: 334 BC. Citium, Cyprus. Died: probably 262 BC. Athens, Greece.  Works: "Republic" by Zeno. Much of the information about Stoicism we know he spoke about was from later writers.   Ideas: Pantheism, Stoicism Text Intro: Zeno, born  341 BC, is an influential Stoic philosopher and one of the most important Greek (some say he was Phoenician)  philosophers after the death of Aristotle (d. 3...

 Epicureanism is a very interesting philosophy developed by the philosopher Epicurus. Here's a profile of the man: ----- CHARACTER PROFILE: EPICURUS Born: 341 BC. Samos: Greece. Died: 270 BC. Athens.  Works: "Letter to Menoeceus", "Principal Doctrines", "On Nature" Ideas: Ataraxia and Aponia Text Intro: Epicurus, born  341 BC, is an influential philosopher and one of the most important Greek philosophers after the death of Aristotle (d. 322 BC). He lived a life devoted to study and established a school of philosophy called the Garden in Athens.  ------ Epicurus' philosophy is often viewed as hedonistic but it is also often seen as much more hedonistic than it really is, as Epicurus does encourage having certain virtues (according to him, they are prudence, temperance, justice, and courage) to attain happiness. The problem about this encouragement of virtues is the only reason behind why the Epicureans do this is to attain happiness. Epicurus'  ...

 Hello! This episode will be divided into three parts. Let's emphasize first. Aristotelianism made a surge in popularity in the medieval era. It mixed with religion and there were three major types of medieval aristotelianism: Christian, Jewish, and Muslim aristotelianism. a. Christian Aristotelianism Probably the most famous philosopher in Christian aristotelianism was Thomas Aquinas, who was born in 1225 CE. He wrote many works about Aristotle's books. He supported the Biblical statement that God made the heavens and the earth, saying it can be proven naturally. He also had his own theological statements. Though many of his theories have some alignment or inspiration from Aristotle's, he differs in the belief of Aristotle that the universe had existed forever. Aquinas said the universe had a creation. I don't think, as humans, we can prove the existence of God. His cosmological argument is one of the relevant arguments that support God's existence b. Jewish Aristo...

 Hello! Today's topic  is about ancient aristotelianism: the philosophy around the belief of Aristotle. Let's introduce the man who first thought about it, and a brief history of the philosophy. ------------- Character Profile: ARISTOTLE Born: 384 BC, Stagira, Greece. Died: 322 BC.  Works: "Metaphysics", "Nicomachean Ethics", "Eudemian Ethics", "Categories", "Prior Analytics", "Posterior Analytics", "On Interpretation", "Politics", "Poetics", "Rhetoric, "On the Soul.". Text Description: Aristotle was a greek philosopher born 384 BC. He entered Plato's academy, and both learned and taught there, but his own philosophy differed from Plato's. He founded his own academy of philosophy later. The fields of studies he covers include philosophy, biology, poetry, botany, and physics. He made great contributions to logic, epistemology, and species classification. He was also t...