CHAPTER XIV.. The Stoic Philosophy As a Whole and Its Historical Antecedents.

THE STOIC PHILOSOPHY AS A WHOLE AND ITS HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS.

A. Inner connection of the system 381 1. Ethical side of Stoicism 382 2. Scientific side of the Stoic system 383 3. Connection of the moral and scientific elements 385 B. Relation of Stoicism to previous systems 387 1. Its relation to Socrates and the Cynics 387 2. Relation to Megarians and Heraclitus 392 3. Relation to Aristotle 396 4. Relation to Plato 399 C. The Stoic philosophy as a whole 400 1. Its place in history 400 2. Its onesidedness 402