Topic: Stoic Thought of the Day (13th September)
Stoic Sam !zQ8ry.WSMk started this discussion 9 years ago #65,982
Take time to smell the roses in life. Don't worry about what you "should" be doing - it will get done in its own time, when it was meant to be done!
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 1 minute later[^] [v] #813,164
This implies we don't have free will.
Stoic Sam !zQ8ry.WSMk (OP) replied with this 9 years ago, 11 minutes later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #813,165
@previous (B)
Chrysippus says that if you were to roll a round stone down a hill, that even though you are initially pushing it, soon it will carry on faster and faster down the hill without you, not because you make it roll but because it has a natural tendancy to roll. In the same way, order, law and fate will set things in motion but every action is caused by each individual's own will and the specifics of his personality.
Chrysippus says that if you were to roll a round stone down a hill, that even though you are initially pushing it, soon it will carry on faster and faster down the hill without you, not because you make it roll but because it has a natural tendancy to roll. In the same way, order, law and fate will set things in motion but every action is caused by each individual's own will and the specifics of his personality.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 9 years ago, 11 minutes later, 24 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #813,166
@previous (Stoic Sam !zQ8ry.WSMk)Stone might fall into a hole. Stone might meet a larger stone and STOP.
There is a certain head, and that head you have not. Now this being so, there is a head which you have not; therefore, you are without a head.
~Chrysippus
~Chrysippus
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