Re: looking for stoicism

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In article <31EAF957.26E3@ix.netcom.com>, <Sisial@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>caroline laskow wrote:
>>
>> was the religion/philosophy of stoicism thought to endanger the newly
>> emerging christianity? if not, what caused the disappearance of this
>> belief system which, IMHO, holds as much water today as it did for
>> marcus aurelius?
>
>I don't think Stoicism just disappeared. The writtings of Lucius Seneca
>were popular throughout medieval literature, and I think there was a
>revival of the Stoic school during the Renaissance.

Ditto. Especially when humanistic based philosophy re-appeared during
the Renaissance.

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