Is Friedrich Nietzsche a Stoic?

It seems to me that to read Nietzsche well must also be to honor his antagonistic spirit. The truth is that Nietzsche himself, in his later years, became highly critical of Stoic and Epicurean philosophy. After some ambivalence in his middle years, he also rekindled his early hostility to Socrates, the Stoics’ idol.

Who is the most famous Stoic?

Emperor Marcus Aurelius
Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, born nearly two millennia ago is perhaps the best known Stoic leader in history.

Can you be a nihilist and a Stoic?

Nihilism is compatible with Stoicism, and just about any other first-order moral system. This is because (moral) Nihilism is meta-moral relativism: that values cannot be produced from purely factual descriptions of nature, and thus can be neither absolute nor universal, is a second-order restriction.

Why did Nietzsche hated Stoicism?

Nietzsche believed that the Stoics are deluded in thinking that buried within those rules of nature is an ideal path that human beings could follow. This is “virtue”, which for the Stoics was one and the same as “living according to nature.”

Who is the God of Stoicism?

Zeus
The Stoics often identified the universe and God with Zeus, as the ruler and upholder, and at the same time the law, of the universe. The Stoic God is not a transcendent omniscient being standing outside nature, but rather it is immanent—the divine element is immersed in nature itself.

Was Teddy Roosevelt a Stoic?

Turn Obstacles Into Fuel. Theodore Roosevelt was not only President and staunch advocate for the National Park System, but he was also an adventurer who practiced Stoicism. 121–180), incorporates the Stoic principles he used to cope with his life as a soldier and ruler of an empire.

Is Stoicism like Buddhism?

Similar to Buddhism, Stoicism advises against being ruled and enslaved by desire. This is similar to Buddhism, where desire is what causes suffering, however for the Buddhist it is the renunciation of desire rather than reason which is the key to enlightenment.