The Pillar of Stoic Ethics - Stoic Doctrine of Self-Appropriation

Hello fellow Students of Stoicism! Looking forward to digging into this one together.
For this session, we'll be reading Hierocles the Stoic on oikeiôsis — the Stoic doctrine of self-appropriation that grounds all of ethics. Why do we care about ourselves? Why do we care about anything? Hierocles argues it starts with self-perception at the moment of birth.
Assignment: Pages 3-33 (the Elements of Ethics text and translation)
Where to find it:

• Free PDF on the Online Resources page: https://studentsofstoicism.com/online-resources
• Direct link to PDF: https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/fb3d4642-6ece-494d-8a55-639e02daf6a4/downloads/f12fc98a-31cc-4e15-a013-2ed6410408b7/RamelliWGRW.pdf?ver=1769567841361
• Purchase the book (Ramelli's edition is excellent and worth owning): https://www.amazon.com/Hierocles-Stoic-Elements-Fragments-Greco-Roman/dp/1589834186

If you have any issues obtaining this material - please feel free send me a line and we'll figure it out.

What to expect: Hierocles builds his case through animal examples — bulls, tortoises, bears, toads, deer, beavers — arguing that creatures perceive themselves continuously from birth, and this self-perception is the seed of everything ethical. Come ready to test his arguments.