Single Idea 20806

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 4. Divisions of Philosophy]

Full Idea

Stoics divide physics into topics on bodies, principles, elements, gods, limits, place and void. The general division is into three topics, concerning the cosmos, the elements and causal explanations.

Gist of Idea

Stoic physics concerns cosmos, elements and causes (with six detailed divisions)

Source

report of Stoic school (fragments/reports [c.200 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 07.132

Book Reference

'The Stoics Reader', ed/tr. Inwood,B/Gerson,L.P. [Hackett 2008], p.51


A Reaction

Apart from the gods, not much has changed.