Exam 7: The Stoic: Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius

Who described the cynic as a scout ?

Diogenes lived in a barrel.

Stoics believe that nothing can make you happy or unhappy without your consent.

Epicurus considered himself self-taught.

What sort of person did the Stoic Epictetus consider an ideal?

Given his hedonism, do you believe that Epicurus would have held that death could be a harm to the person who died? Explain your answer. Would Aristotle have agreed with him, or disagreed with him? Explain your answer. Who do you agree with?

Aristippus was a Cynic.

Epicurus was considered a dangerous rebel in his own time as he was tolerant.

Hedonism holds that pleasure is good.

Epicurus thought that death was the greatest of all evils.

Do you believe that Alexander the Great was right to admire Diogenes? Why, or why not? Is a strict adherence to principle always admirable? Explain and illustrate your answer.

Who held that philosophy was vain if it did not heal suffering?

Cynics shared the Epicurean s esteem of friendship.

Who wrote the Enchiridion ?

Epicurus was fond of barley cakes.

Where was Aristippus born?

Who wrote that liberty never comes free?

A Cynic lives an austere life.

Aristippus taught that pleasure is always good, unless it has an evil source.

What directs the course of our lives, according to Stoics?