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What are the main elements of Stoicism? [duplicate]
My question is this: What are the main elements of Stoicism?
As a secondary question, it would also be nice to know how Epicureanism compares to or contrasts with Stoicism.
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A circularity in Richard Dawkins's book "The Blind Watchmaker" regarding a definition of life
I wanted to put this question in the biology stack exchange, but some of my questions there have been downvoted. In Richard Dawkins's book "The Blind Watchmaker", in the first chapter, says &...
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Are Life and Intelligence analogous?
Let me explain what I mean. From the standpoint of biology, life is often defined by having a metabolism, the ability to reproduce, evolve, etc. (There is no single definition so far as I can tell.)
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How is the modern philosophical definition of life shaped by evidences from natural sciences?
How does philosophy define life? And how does it overlap and contrast with the concepts and nuances of other sciences such as biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics, and how has it been ...
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What are the phylosophical implications of the definitions of life? [closed]
What are the philosophical implications of having life defined somehow? How can our worldview be affected by the definition of life we accept?
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definition of and difference between living and non living [closed]
Can anyone please help with definition of living and non-living in philosophy.
what is that dividing line that divides livings from non-livings according to Socrates?
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