stoic virtues

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Key Takeaway: The four cardinal virtues of Stoicism: wisdom (prudence), justice, courage, and temperance or moderation.

The four cardinal virtues of Stoicism: wisdom (prudence), justice, courage, and temperance or moderation. Stoic ethics treats virtue as the good and as necessary and sufficient for happiness, while external conditions are not themselves the measure of a good life.

As the Stoic philosophers — particularly Marcus Aurelius in his Meditations and Seneca in his Letters — wrote, The four cardinal virtues of Stoicism: wisdom (prudence), justice, courage, and temperance or moderation.

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