I left out "raised Christian" in your quote as Stoicism was prior to Christianity, as I have already said.Oh I know what it is. I'm just not sure why it's attractive. — Sumyung Gui
I'm none the wiser. — Sumyung Gui
↪Sumyung Gui Okay, first let's stop referring to Christianity when talking about Stoicism itself. Stoicism had gone out of practice way before Christianity was born.
Are you just confused as to the historical events? — L'éléphant
Not wrong or confused. You have to look at the time of Constantine, who made the formal acknowledgement of the Christian religion around 313 CE. The school of Stoic closed around the first century, I think. (I don't have my books anymore, sorry).It seems you're wrong. Or just confused as to historical events. — Ciceronianus
Not wrong or confused. You have to look at the time of Constantine, who made the formal acknowledgement of the Christian religion around 313 CE. The school of Stoic closed around the first century, I think. (I don't have my books anymore, sorry).
Before Constantine, it was a sect, not a religion. They were called the Nazarenes. — L'éléphant
That word was derogatory as Pliny used it.Pliny the Younger referred to "Christianis" and "Christiani" and "Christo" in his letter to Trajan, inquiring how they should be treated, and Tacitus wrote of "Chrestianos" who were followers of "Christus" who had been executed by Pontius Pilatus. I wonder who they were referring to, really. — Ciceronianus
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