Here are your show notes for today’;s class:

NOTE: The following usually requires a 4-year degree in philosophy to fully understand — and even then, you are likely to only understand these philosophies as a ‘deeper than surface’ level. It took the original philosophers a lifetime to develop their ideas, so we should not expect to master our understanding by reading the little of them which follows here.

THE STOICS AND STOICISM

Stoicism (Wikipedia)

Stoicism (Britannica)

Stoicism (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Stoicism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Stoics and Moral Philosophy – The 8 Principles of Stoicism

THE EPICUREANS

Epicureanism (Wikipedia)

Epicureanism (Britannica)

Epicureanism (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Epicureanism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

THE STOICS, EPICUREANS AND CHRISTIANITY

What is Stoicism?

What is Epicureanism?

What the Bible says about Stoicism

Bible verses about Epicureans

Stoics (Encyclopedia of the Bible — Bible Gateway)

Epicureans (Encyclopedia of the Bible — Bible Gateway)

THE STOIC INFLUENCE ON MODERN ‘SEARCH FOR MEANING’

Stoicism and spirituality: A philosopher explains how more Americans’ search for meaning is turning them toward the classics

Why Epicurean ideas suit the challenges of modern secular life

What if Life Were All about Pleasure? (Logos.com)