Stefano Maso

CA' Foscari - Unversity Of Venice
University of Venice
  • CA' Foscari - Unversity Of Venice
    Department Of Philosophy And Cultural Heritage
    Associate Professor
  • University of Venice
    Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage
    Associate Professor
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    The Risk in the Educational Strategy of Seneca
    Journal of Ancient Philosophy 5 (1). 2011.
    To his pupil Nero and to Lucilius (friend and, as metonymy, representative of the entire mankind), Seneca testifies to his pedagogic vocation. With conviction he applies himself to demonstrate the perfect correspondence between the Stoic doctrine and the edu¬cational strategy that he proposes. Firstly, the reciprocity of the relationship between educator and pupil appears fundamental; both further their individual knowledge. Secondly, the limitations of an ethical precept that is not anchored in…Read more
  •  1382
    Quarundam rerum initia in nostra potestate sunt
    In Stefano Maso Francesca Masi (ed.), Fate, Chance, and Fortune in Ancient Thought, . pp. 125-144. 2013.
    Does the Stoic school really, accepting fate, reject free will? It would seem so, mainly if we read the evidences of Zeno or Chrysippus. The Stoic Senecais central to this particular theoretical inquiry, which hinges on the concepts of causality, of determinism and responsibility.
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    The volume contains 11 contributions of the best experts on the topics of fate, fortune and free will, in reference to Ancient Philosophy: Plato, Aristotle, Stoicism, Epicureanism, Plotinus.