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...McCosh was born near the country village of Patnad, in Airshire, Scotland, April 11, 1811. He attended the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, and by an essay on Stoic Philosophy he was awarded, upon the recommendation of Sir William Hamilton, the degree...
...Parker gave a very interesting talk before the Religious Union in Holden Chapel last night on the Stoic poet, Cleanthes. Cleanthes was by profession an athlete or boxer who lived in Athens in the time of Euclid and Archimedes. He was not by profession a poet, but when he came to Athens he soon saw that there was something better to live for than boxing. So he put himself under the instruction of Zeno, a Stoic philosopher. But since he was a poor man he was obliged to work nearly all night to support himself. He was summoned before...
Cleanthes's philosophy is a mixture of materialism and idealism, a study of physics and of metaphysics, coming to many remarkable conclusiouns and differing not much from that of other Stoics. But he strikes some very true notes and shows us that he was of an observing and scientific temperament. He was impressed with the harmonies and beauties of the world and found it easier to express his ideas in poetry than in philosophy. He was a true poet and a true philosopher and may truly be said to have been one of the founders of the Stoic School...
HARVARD RELIGIOUS UNION.- Mr. C. P. Parker will speak on "A Stoic Poet and His Influence," this evening, in Holden Chapel, at 6.45 o'clock, All members of the University are invited...
...Stoic opposition to the Roman emperors was a political mistake...