Where would you place the Stoics in a philosophy tier list?
but like... flagbearers? you want me to rank them? you can't rly rank schools of thought, you rank philosophers
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I had Marcus Aurelius in mind but I came up to post limit so shortened it to Stoics
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He isn't v systematic; a cut above Epictetus which is just sayings, but it's still on the lvl of Proverbs
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(Which is very high, btw, but I guess I distinguish between "moral guidance" and "philosophy")
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I was thinking of reading St Augustine next. Would you suggest otherwise?
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Oh, and check out my feed, just augustinepoasted
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I'd say Church Daddy but this isn't weird catholic twitter.
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"Father of the Church" is the preferred term ;)
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Was it Augustine who was one of the few not in heresy before Nicaea? Rusty on my antiquity atm
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Ultimately Stoicism gives a lot of insight into psychic technique but w terrible guidance about what to do w it
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