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Single Idea 20863
[filed under theme 22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value
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Full Idea
Zeno says the goal of life is 'living in agreement', which means living according to a single and consonant rational principle, since those who live in conflict are unhappy.
Gist of Idea
The goal is to 'live in agreement', according to one rational consistent principle
Source
report of Zeno (Citium) (fragments/reports [c.294 BCE]) by John Stobaeus - Anthology 2.06a
Book Ref
'The Stoics Reader', ed/tr. Inwood,B/Gerson,L.P. [Hackett 2008], p.132
A Reaction
If there is a 'single' principle, is it possible to state it? To live by consistent principles sets the bar incredibly high, as any professional philosopher can tell you.
Related Idea
Idea 20864
Live in agreement, according to experience of natural events [Chrysippus]
The
27 ideas
from 'fragments/reports'
20801
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A wise man's chief strength is not being tricked; nothing is worse than error, frivolity or rashness
[Zeno of Citium, by Cicero]
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20770
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Philosophy has three parts, studying nature, character, and rational discourse
[Zeno of Citium, by Diog. Laertius]
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1771
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When shown seven versions of the mowing argument, he paid twice the asking price for them
[Zeno of Citium, by Diog. Laertius]
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6022
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Someone who says 'it is day' proposes it is day, and it is true if it is day
[Zeno of Citium, by Diog. Laertius]
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7555
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Zeno achieved the statement of the problems of infinitesimals, infinity and continuity
[Russell on Zeno of Citium]
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20860
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Whatever participates in substance exists
[Zeno of Citium, by Stobaeus]
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21397
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Perception an open hand, a fist is 'grasping', and holding that fist is knowledge
[Zeno of Citium, by Long]
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20799
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A grasp by the senses is true, because it leaves nothing out, and so nature endorses it
[Zeno of Citium, by Cicero]
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20797
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If a grasped perception cannot be shaken by argument, it is 'knowledge'
[Zeno of Citium, by Cicero]
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2662
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Zeno saw virtue as a splendid state, not just a source of splendid action
[Zeno of Citium, by Cicero]
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21398
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A presentation is true if we judge that no false presentation could appear like it
[Zeno of Citium, by Cicero]
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2648
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Things are more perfect if they have reason; nothing is more perfect than the universe, so it must have reason
[Zeno of Citium]
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20807
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The cosmos and heavens are the substance of god
[Zeno of Citium, by Diog. Laertius]
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1770
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When a slave said 'It was fated that I should steal', Zeno replied 'Yes, and that you should be beaten'
[Zeno of Citium, by Diog. Laertius]
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3799
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A dog tied to a cart either chooses to follow and is pulled, or it is just pulled
[Zeno of Citium, by Hippolytus]
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21402
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Incorporeal substances can't do anything, and can't be acted upon either
[Zeno of Citium, by Cicero]
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20816
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A body is required for anything to have causal relations
[Zeno of Citium, by Cicero]
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1773
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A sentence always has signification, but a word by itself never does
[Zeno of Citium, by Diog. Laertius]
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1774
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Since we are essentially rational animals, living according to reason is living according to nature
[Zeno of Citium, by Diog. Laertius]
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20841
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Zeno said live in agreement with nature, which accords with virtue
[Zeno of Citium, by Diog. Laertius]
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20863
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The goal is to 'live in agreement', according to one rational consistent principle
[Zeno of Citium, by Stobaeus]
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21395
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One of Zeno's books was 'That Which is Appropriate'
[Zeno of Citium, by Long]
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5964
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Zeno says there are four main virtues, which are inseparable but distinct
[Zeno of Citium, by Plutarch]
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20822
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There is no void in the cosmos, but indefinite void outside it
[Zeno of Citium, by Ps-Plutarch]
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20811
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Since the cosmos produces what is alive and rational, it too must be alive and rational
[Zeno of Citium]
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20810
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Rational is better than non-rational; the cosmos is supreme, so it is rational
[Zeno of Citium]
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2649
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If tuneful flutes grew on olive trees, you would assume the olive had some knowledge of the flute
[Zeno of Citium]
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