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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Stobaeus on Stoic Ethics 3


Prudence is knowledge of what one is to do and not to do and what is neither, or the knowledge in a naturally social and rational animal of good things, bad things, and what is neither, and they say that this definition is to be understood to apply in the case of the rest of the virtues too. 

Temperance is knowledge of what is to be chosen and avoided and what is neither. 

Justice is knowledge of the distribution of proper value to each person. 

Courage is knowledge of what is terrible and what is not terrible and what is neither. 

Folly is ignorance of good things, bad things, and what is neither, or ignorance of what one is to do and not to do and what is neither. 

Wantonness is ignorance of what is worth choosing and worth avoiding and what is neither. 

Injustice is ignorance of the distribution of proper value to each person. 

Cowardice is ignorance of what is terrible and what is not terrible and what is neither. 

They define the other virtues and vices similarly, following what has been said. 



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