Abstract
Bringing together Stoicism and Levinas seems, at first, a peculiar task. A brief survey of their philosophical commitments reveals undeniable disparities. Stoicism introduces a sweeping metaphysical framework that views each individual from the perspective of an ordered kosmos. Levinas provides a departure from traditional Western thought by opposing the privileging of ontology and Being over individual human beings. Stoic virtue is achieved through constructing a self able to accomplish moral indifference, apatheia, toward everything external.1
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Levinas and the Ancients |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press |
| Pages | 144-164 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780253351807 |
| State | Published - 2008 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities