Values in Classical Stoicism.

[Cato]

Just a very basic breakdown of Stoic values into three ethical categories: things to prefer, things to avoid, and things indifferent (which can also be divided into indifferences to prefer/avoid).

http://www.wku.edu/~jan.garrett/stoa/stovals.htm

These ethical categories pertain to the self. Anything that exists outside of the self (i.e. the opinions of other people, the status of one's wealth, etc.) are irrelevant. The Stoic practices philosophy (the pursuit of wisdom and virtue) purely for one's own sake and not because one wants to please others or create a good name for oneself.

[Lucretius]

Just a very basic breakdown of Stoic values into three ethical categories: things to prefer, things to avoid, and things indifferent (which can also be divided into indifferences to prefer/avoid).

http://www.wku.edu/~jan.garrett/stoa/stovals.htm

These ethical categories pertain to the self. Anything that exists outside of the self (i.e. the opinions of other people, the status of one's wealth, etc.) are irrelevant. The Stoic practices philosophy (the pursuit of wisdom and virtue) purely for one's own sake and not because one wants to please others or create a good name for oneself.

All ancient philosophers practiced philosophy as a modus vivendi,a lifestyle as we call it now. If you are familiar with the works of Pierre Hadot you know what I mean,especially Epicurus and all his followers until Diogenes of Enoanda knew that a real philosophi can birth only from one's own body,and the only life that we have for sure is the one down here. Unfortunately this kind of philosophers were bad considered until Renaissance and Enlightment in favour of the big Plato (ahha) who,in my humble opinion,was only a kind of easter romancer. The only thing that i dislike from stoics is that sort of pleasure in the pain,the story of Epitectus is well known to all.