3. Agreeing with Nature Fate and Providence in Stoic Ethics

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. 1. Euripides, Philosopher of the Stage 14
5. 2. The World of Men and Gods 57
6. 3. Agreeing with Nature Fate and Providence in Stoic Ethics 90
7. 4. Augustine Divine Justice and the “Ordering” of Evil 129
8. 5. The Philosopher and the Princess: Descartes and the Philosophical Life 160
9. 6. Living with Necessity: Spinoza and the Philosophical Life 192
10. 7. Designer Worlds 235
11. 8. Providence as Progress 279
12. 9. Providence Lost 302
13. Notes 333
14. Acknowledgments 345
15. Further Reading 347
16. Index 361