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Was Aristo an agnostic Stoic? It’s sometimes asserted that all ancient Stoics believed in Providence, and that this belief is necessary to justify the rest of their system of philosophy, especially their ethics. In fact, there’s no more reason for modern thinkers to conclude that belief in Providence is a necessary premise for Stoic Ethics than it is for more or less any other ethical system. … (Donald Robertson’s Stoicism)

Philosophical misanthropy. The condemnation of humankind is very topical ...