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Forgotten Stoic: Solon of Athens

Forgotten Stoic: Solon of Athens

Pratt, Michael S.

Paperback

Series: Forgotten Stoic, Book 1

PhilosophyAncient Greece

ISBN10: 1070115282
ISBN13: 9781070115283
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 24 2019
Pages: 170
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.39 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION--2024
ALSO INCLUDES WISDOM OF THE SEVEN SAGES

Solon of Athens, the most revered lawgiver in Western history. Founder of democracy in Greece, reformer of Athens, herald, poet, politician, but above all: practical philosopher-sage.

Responding to crisis, in 594 BCE, Solon was elected Archon of Athens, and given the power to make sweeping changes. His poetry fragments show him as a man driven to rid his polis of tyranny and slavery by injecting new ideals of justice and freedom. Not just external in Athens, but also internal: a mind free from sleep, insight into the cosmos, the willpower to practice humility and temperance. Solon has been credited with the two most powerful sayings in philosophy of all time: Know Thyself and Nothing to Excess.

This book explores the connection between Solon's thoughts and Stoicism and distills the philosophy of Solon as someone who can be seen as an early Stoic, or a pre-Stoic sage: in short, someone we may still want to listen to today. Connections are made between Solon and the Seven Sages (of which he was one) and Heraclitus. Heraclitus became a foundation for Stoic thought and as we will see, he followed the wisdom and insight of the Seven Sages, as did Socrates centuries later. We outline the major facts known about Solon's life through his sayings and fragments remaining of his poetry which are all in this book. We also give an overview of his political, economic and social reforms.

CONTENTS

Know Thyself and Nothing to Excess-Solon as an Early Stoic

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