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Cicero, on the Ends bk 3 | Indifferents Preferred, Rejected, and Neutral | Philosophy Core Concepts

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Channel: Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy · 2018 · Education

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This is a video in my new Core Concepts series -- designed to provide students and lifelong learners a brief discussion focused on one main concept from a classic philosophical text and thinker.  

This Core Concept video focuses on Marcus Tullius Cicero's work On The Ends, specifically on his discussion in book 3 focused on the Stoic conception of "indifferents" (adiaphora), which are neither good nor bad.  These encompass matters such as life and death, health and disease, wealth and poverty, and pain and pleasure.  None of these make a significant contribution to happiness or to virtue as Stoics understand them.

Stoics do, however, distinguish between "preferred" and "rejected" indifferents, which do have some value, though not the same sort of value that would make them actually good or bad.  Cicero sets out how these function and why they still matter in Stoic Ethics.

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Cicero, on the Ends bk 3 | Indifferents Preferred, Rejected, and Neutral | Philosophy Core Concepts

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