Feb 2, 2021
I don’t see how that follows. The point is precisely that virtue / vice are, for the Stoics, not in the same category as pleasure / pain. That is, they are not directly comparable, and therefore not interchangeable.
I don’t see how that follows. The point is precisely that virtue / vice are, for the Stoics, not in the same category as pleasure / pain. That is, they are not directly comparable, and therefore not interchangeable.
by Massimo Pigliucci, a scientist, philosopher, and Professor at the City College of New York. Exploring and practicing Stoicism & other philosophies of life.