From ancient to new Stoicism: II—Stoic logic

The quintessential logician: Mr. Spock from Star Trek.

We are in need of updating Stoicism for the 21st century and beyond. But in order to do that, we want a clear sense of what ancient Stoicism was about. In the first entry in this series we have looked at Stoic physics, one of the three areas of study in classical Stoic philosophy. This time we examine (briefly!) The second area: Stoic logic.

Don’t worry, this isn’t going to be a boring, heavily technical treatment. Then again, logic is fundame...