Stoic Ethics does not depend upon Physics

Julius Annas' critique of the "foundationalist" misreading of traditional Stoicism

Debates about Stoic Ethics sometimes become quite heated online, with a handful of individuals passionately insisting that “Modern Stoicism” is not real “Stoicism” insofar as it, they claim, ignores Stoic Physics. They typically insist that “traditional” Stoicism is synonymous with the view that, in some sense, Stoic Ethics is logically founded upon, o…