Below are the readings that are to be completed by the start of Session 3 (Epistemology) for Stoic Philosophy.
Required:
Marcus Aurelius, Books VII & VIII in Meditations.
Epictetus, Selections from The Discourses: 2.14-2.18. (PDF)
Optional:
Pigliucci, Mossimo. "Stoic Logic," The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, URL= <
https://iep.utm.edu/stoicism/#SH2a >. (Web)
Bobzien, Susanne, "Ancient Logic", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2020/entries/logic-ancient/>. (Web)
Chiang, Ted. "Exhalation" in Exhalation: Stories (PDF).
Links to Marcus Aurelius' Meditations can be found by going to Blog --> Primary Readings for Stoicism
Selections from The Discourses can be found below as a PDF.
*optional* Selection of article on Stoic epistemology and logic is here: https://iep.utm.edu/stoicism/#SH2a
*optional* The article on ancient logic is a web article. This is dense; do not let yourself be intimidated. Found here: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2020/entries/logic-ancient
*optional* Ted Chiang's Exhalation is a truly optional story that I think draws many parallels with Stoic cosmology; I've uploaded it for fun below as a PDF.
Happy reading! Email with any questions that might come up.
-S
