Sublime

DIOGENES The philosopher Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king. Said Aristippus, “If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils” Said Diogenes, “Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to cultivate the

Cicero’s famous line: “To philosophize is to learn how to die.”

Philo of Alexandria, for whom the word designated a kind of mediating power in Heaven, transmitting to the finite universe the ordering and governing power of God.

The philosopher's position and character is that he always looks to himself for benefit and harm.

Not being philosophers, we too might turn to philosophy as a source of perspective, reflection, and guidance; his book is a kind of philosophical diary, intensely personal and idiosyncratic. For Marcus, Stoic philosophy is often held at arm’s length, as it is by many of us.

four primary kinds of love: eros, philos, storge, and agape.

Even more than Epictetus, Seneca makes it clear that philosophical theorizing and debate, along with engaged problem solving, are essential to the ultimate goal of making human life better.

Who is the business really for? What is its core purpose and philosophy? Is it philanthropic in the true sense of the word? These are the kinds of questions that come from the 6th line perspective. Philanthropy is not the privilege of the wealthy, but a requirement of the healthy. The

“The best and the greatest number of authors have asserted that philosophy consists of three parts: the moral, the natural, and the rational. The first puts the soul in order. The second thoroughly examines the natural order of things. The third inquires into the proper meaning of words, and their arrangements and proofs which keep falsehoods from