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Mar 2024
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Stoïcisme (3) Ethique stoïcienne de la b...

Jérôme RAVENET
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En quoi consiste l'Ethique stoïcienne, dite "discipline de l'action"? En quoi consiste sa bonne volonté et comment s'assurer qu'elle toujours le bien?

Sources citées : Epictète, Manuel, Entretiens; Marc Aurèle, Pensées pour moi-même.

Notions clés : Ethique, bonheur/impassibilité(apathéia), bonne volonté, fin(télos)/but(skopos), vertu (arèté), conscience réfléchie (sunésis), bien moral, clause de réserve (hypexairesis)

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