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The Peripatetics
the Peripatetics
The Aristotelian school, which (unlike the Stoics) counted external goods within human happiness and so allowed that even bad men can receive real benefits.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §5.13.1 The Peripatetics
Aristotle's school, which counted external goods within happiness and so allowed that real benefits can fall to bad men — against the stricter Stoic line.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §85.3 Peripatetics
Aristotle's school, named for the covered walk (peripatos) of the Lyceum. Here they urge metriopatheia --- moderation of the passions --- against the Stoic ideal of their extirpation.