Ancient Concept of Heroism 
.... counted. A
Stoic Roman such as Marcus Aurelius, however, felt that Reason extended beyond an individual's temporal existence. If ....
(1735
7
)
Conceptions of honor in Shakespeare
.... knows that because Stoicism is an artificially framed philosophy, deliberately and consciously adopted by its adherents, any actual
Stoic Roman will have ....
(2589
10
)
Christianity in the Roman Empire
.... in peace with their neighbors and did not openly flaunt the
Roman religion, they .... Educated in the
Stoic tradition, Marcus Aurelius felt that a return to the ....
(2879
12
)
History & Sophocles, Plato, Marcus Aurelius & Capellanus
.... Yet the latent despondency of his
Stoic philosophy indicates that the Emperor was attempting to accommodate rather than challenge his
Roman era. ....
(2776
11
)
Concept of Fortune
.... The
Roman Stoics believed that human natura and uirtus could override whatever obstacles .... power is over only external matters, whereas the true
Stoic is turned ....
(4240
17
)
Concept of Fortune in Boethius & Dante
.... The
Roman Stoics believed that human natura and uirtus could override whatever obstacles .... power is over only external matters, whereas the true
Stoic is turned ....
(4241
17
)
Acts 17:16-34
.... Hamilton, 209).
Stoic philosophy, it would appear, was embraced as the "popular philosophy" of the
Roman Empire in Paul's day. It is ....
(2243
9
)
Cicero on Violence
.... Michael Grant notes in his introduction to the political speeches of the greatest of
Roman orators, Cicero .... Cicero,
stoic humanist that he was, was no exception ....
(2179
9
)
Beliefs of Various Philosophers
.... The
Stoic view combined the two in a way by seeing the proper benefit .... The
Roman view of international relations was that
Roman power was directed at extending ....
(2561
10
)
Peter Paul Rubens
.... He was extremely well-read, and his interests ranged from
Stoic philosophy to .... mythology that developed in his work, a mythology derived from
Roman era myths ....
(1773
7
)
Issue of Death and Euthanasia
.... sacrifice was surely deliberate. But, in the
Stoic tradition of the dying
Roman Empire, when St. Augustine confronted the philosophy ....
(3025
12
)
The concept of natural law
.... Graeco-
Roman tradition held that there was a natural law that was accessible to mankind through reason. Christian theorists adopted aspects of Cicero's
Stoic ....
(1693
7
)
Artist Jacques Louis David
.... side. The
Roman choice fell on the three Horatius brothers . . .... Rome. The men are rigid,
stoic in their looks, and have eyes lifted upward. ....
(1480
6
)
Issue of Women's Reproductive Rights
.... The church also parallelled certain ideas prevalent in the
Roman era, such as the
Stoic notion that sexual intercourse was only right when it served a ....
(3920
16
)
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Theory of Law
.... One of his critics, Morris Cohen said that "his morality is thoroughly pagan or
Stoic . .... By tracing
Roman law and the origins of the English common law, Holmes ....
(4569
18
)
Sophocles, Plato, Marcus Aurelius, and Andraeus Capellanus
.... One might have supposed that a
Roman emperor would have had little to be .... His Meditations express exactly the sort of
Stoic philosophy that was also used by ....
(2713
11
)
Zen Buddhism: Characteristics and Origins
.... here the Eastern traditions have some parallels with the
Stoic, Epicurean, and .... religion that would create a conflicting loyalty, a strict
Roman Catholic priest ....
(2132
9
)
