Humphry Clinker (2010)
Humphry Clinker
“(p. 40) The reference is to ‘De Stoicorum Repugnantiis’ (‘On Stoic Self-contradictions’) in Plutarch, Moralia: ‘Chrysippus thinks that young men should hear lectures on logic first, on ethics next, and after that on physics and should get theology last as the termination for these studies.’ Trans. H. Cherniss, Loeb, London, 1976, p. 429.
2. (p. 43) Compare T.316: ‘Most fortunately it happens, that since reason is incapable of dispelling these clouds, nature herself suffices to that purpose, and cures me of this philosophical melancholy and delirium, either by relaxing this bent of mind, or by some avocation, and lively impression of my senses, which obliterate all these chimeras.’ 3. (p. 43) See Introduction, p. 24.
4. (p. 43) Stoicism was a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium (344–262 BC), whose successor as head of the school was Cleanthes (died c.232 BC). A subsequent leading Stoic, Diodatus, taught Cicero. Rivalry between Stoics and Sceptics was a feature of Hellenistic... philosophy.MoreLess
2. (p. 43) Compare T.316: ‘Most fortunately it happens, that since reason is incapable of dispelling these clouds, nature herself suffices to that purpose, and cures me of this philosophical melancholy and delirium, either by relaxing this bent of mind, or by some avocation, and lively impression of my senses, which obliterate all these chimeras.’ 3. (p. 43) See Introduction, p. 24.
4. (p. 43) Stoicism was a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium (344–262 BC), whose successor as head of the school was Cleanthes (died c.232 BC). A subsequent leading Stoic, Diodatus, taught Cicero. Rivalry between Stoics and Sceptics was a feature of Hellenistic... philosophy.MoreLess
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