Diogenes Laertius and the stoic ethics

This article presents important concepts of Stoic ethics and their connections found in the version of Diogenes Laetius in book VII of Lives and doctrines of the eminent philosophers. Unlike Cicero in book III of De finibus, Diogenes' formulation is not marked by rhetorical skills and ends up f...

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Autor: Silva de Almeida, José Carlos
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2025
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Repositório:Argumentos : Revista de Filosofia (Online)
Idioma:português
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufc:article/43951
Acesso em linha:http://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/article/view/43951
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Ética. Estoicismo. Diógenes Laércio.
Ethics. Stoicism. Diogenes Laertius.
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Resumo:This article presents important concepts of Stoic ethics and their connections found in the version of Diogenes Laetius in book VII of Lives and doctrines of the eminent philosophers. Unlike Cicero in book III of De finibus, Diogenes' formulation is not marked by rhetorical skills and ends up following the technicality present in book II of Eclogues by Arius Didymus. Diogenes, without worrying about giving a more public appearance to Stoic exhibitions, does not hide the difficulties and frequent eccentricities of Stoic philosophy, which sometimes presents unattractive and even tedious reasoning.