Single Idea 3556

[catalogued under 26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature]

Full Idea

'The nature of things' matters for the Stoics because they hold strong theses about the way things are: they are determinists, physicalists, teleologists.

Gist of Idea

Stoic 'nature' is deterministic, physical and teleological

Source

report of Stoic school (fragments/reports [c.200 BCE]) by Julia Annas - The Morality of Happiness Ch.5

Book Reference

Annas,Julia: 'The Morality of Happiness' [OUP 1995], p.159