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Imagine what philosophy would look like if the Second Aristotle's works survived. This madlad wrote over 700 books, all of which are lost. Just skimming his surviving extracts and much of it anticipates the third Aristotle's works and even Schelling. It really is unfortunate. Couldn't it have been any other way. Was Leibniz wrong? is this actually the best of all possible worlds?

>> No.18080343

>>18080250
Bro imagine if in some parallel universe the complete works of Chrysippus were preserved and transmitted to Kiev Rus which was then followed by a cultural renaissance called Boзpoждeниe, and then we'd have Aristotle in the West, Plato in Greece, and Chrysippus in Russia, wouldn't that be cool

>> No.18080349

>>18080343
Write a book about it

>> No.18080446

>>18080349
Wish I could, but I have no idea how to write historical fiction

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>>18080250
quite unfortunate indeed

>> No.18080613

>>18080250
>Was Leibniz wrong? is this actually the best of all possible worlds?
I can't remember, who said that Leibniz was a hack and we're actually living in the worst possible world?

>> No.18081848

>>18080613
Voltaire?
>>18080343
That would be interesting to see. But by virtue of being in Russia, it would unfortunately be ignored

>> No.18082206

Ironically the less Stoic way to die kek

>> No.18082214

>>18082206
not at all

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_jC8e2UgcU

>> No.18082357

>>18082214
I cannot watch it right now but thanks for the recommendation.

>> No.18082401

>>18082357
You're welcome anon. It is fantastic. Really makes you rethink what the Stoics were actually doing.

>> No.18082466

>>18082401
I have been practising Stoicism for 1 year now. Wonderful philosophy, one of the best things that happened in my life. I used to be very nihilistic but now I have a different point of view about life.

However I don't call myself a Stoic since that would require to have a definitive line that divides Stoics with non-Stoics.

>> No.18082574

>>18082466
It's much better than what the typical caricature makes them out to be