Vol. 16 No. 2 (1990): XVI - 1990, fascicolo 2
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Philosophische und Medizinische Ursachensystematik und der Stoische Determinismus

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  • Stephan Schröder
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/prometheus-15408

Published 2023-11-22

Keywords

  • Fatum,
  • necessitas,
  • Chrysippus,
  • Cicero,
  • Stoicism

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Abstract

An interpretation of Cic. fat. 39 ff.: the distinction between fatum and necessitas probably goes back to Chrysippus, but this does not mean that Cicero aimed to produce a full explanation of Chrysippus’ doctrine, and the missing text between 45 and 46 may have included a disagreement with the latter’s concept of nature.

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