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| 7822 | A neo-Stoic movement began in the late sixteenth century |
| Full Idea: A neo-Stoic movement began at the end of the sixteenth century, under the inspiration of the Dutch scholar Justus Lipsius. | |||
| From: report of Justus Lipsius (works [1584]) by A.C. Grayling - What is Good? Ch.5 | |||
| A reaction: I would take this to be just as much a movement against Christianity as the interest in the less theistic Epicurus. They wanted the virtues of Christianity without the theological trappings. |