Essential Stoic Concepts - God
Book Subtitle: A Stoic glossary
Book Description: These are the most important concepts in Stoic philosophy.
Chapter: 13 of 32
Sections: 1
Author: Stoa
The supreme guiding power of the universe, identified with Providence, Fate, and universal nature.
According to the Stoics, god pervades all things in the universe.
Humans, along with everything else from animals and rocks, are all a part of god, because god is the universe.
According to Diogenes Laertius, Zeno, the founder of Stoicism, said that the substance of god was 'the whole world and the heavens'.
One way to think of the Stoic god is as the life-force or energy of the universe.
The Stoics also identified god with fire and heat.
It is what causes movement and activity.
Greek: Theos
θεός.
Book: Essential Stoic Concepts
Subtitle: A Stoic glossary
Author: Stoa
Chapter: God (Chapter 13 of 32)
Sections in this chapter:
Section 2:
The supreme guiding power of the universe, identified with Providence, Fate, and universal nature.
According to the Stoics, god pervades all things in the universe.
Humans, along with everything else from animals and rocks, are all a part of god, because god is the universe.
According to Diogenes Laertius, Zeno, the founder of Stoicism, said that the substance of god was 'the whole world and the heavens'.
One way to think of the Stoic god is as the life-force or energy of the universe.
The Stoics also identified god with fire and heat.
It is what causes movement and activity.
Greek: Theos
θεός.