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The Stoic Virtues and Code of Honor

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The Stoic Virtues and Code of Honor

What might a code of conduct based on Stoicism look like?

Donald J. Robertson
Aug 23, 2019
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The Stoic Virtues and Code of Honor

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What might a code of conduct based on Stoicism look like?

Marcus Aurelius in military cuirass

Something about the chivalric codes of the Middle Ages seems curiously akin to the ethical ideals of Stoicism. Ancient Stoic philosophy didn’t have an explicit code of honor, as far as we know. However, according to the doxographer Stobaeus, the Stoics maintained…

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