how to understand Stoic Virtue
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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. • Freedom begins with what is truly yours. • Authority is tested by restraint. • Approval is lighter than conscience.
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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Guard Your Choice
Freedom begins with what is truly yours.
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Approval is lighter than conscience.
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how to understand Stoic Virtue
The four cardinal virtues of Stoicism: wisdom (prudence), justice, courage, and temperance or moderation..