The Review of Metaphysics, June 1st, 2000
BECKER, Lawrence. A New Stoicism. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998. x + 216 pp. Cloth, $29.95--This fascinating study of Stoic ethics generously repays assiduous reading. Although more creative than exegetical, the work exhibits its author's familiarity with both the relevant ancient source materials and a wide range of recent English-language scholarly literature on the subject. As the book's title suggests, Becker has undertaken the project of founding a Stoa redivivus, which he fulfills by demonstrating how it is possible to employ Stoic principles as a viable basis for a coher...
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