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[from 'fragments/reports' by Chrysippus, in 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 4. Divisions of Philosophy ]

Full Idea

There are three kinds of philosophical theorems, logical, ethical, and physical; of these the logic should be placed first, ethics second, and physics third (and theology is the final topic in physics).

Gist of Idea

Three branches of philosophy: first logic, second ethics, third physics (which ends with theology)

Source

Chrysippus (fragments/reports [c.240 BCE]), quoted by Plutarch - 70: Stoic Self-contradictions 1035a

Book Reference

'The Stoics Reader', ed/tr. Inwood,B/Gerson,L.P. [Hackett 2008], p.9


A Reaction

[in his lost 'On Lives' Bk 4] 'Theology is the final topic in physics'! That should create a stir in theology departments. Is this an order of study, or of importance? You come to theology right at the end of your studies.