Nature-driven Peace Trilogy: 2. Cosmopolitanism-Theology via Stoicism

Nature-driven Peace Trilogy: 2. Cosmopolitanism-Theology via Stoicism

1. PROBLEMS IN STOICISM (Long)
   P. 158: "Moreover the logos in man being the same logos which is the governing force of the universe, the knowledge of man and his duties cannot be complete until it comprises the universe and man's place in it. To put this in another way, as right reason is identical with God, a man will never make sufficient progress until he has conceived a right idea of God. This is what the Stoics mean by 'physis (nature)' and what they must mean by their common definition of the End for Man, i.e. to live in harmony with nature."

2. GOD & COSMOS IN STOICISM (Salles)
   P. 173: "Cosmological ethics is a fascinating idea. It presupposes that universal nature and our own natures have something in common, that cosmic nature has a rational structure (or is the same as universal reason) and our natures - which are microcosmic instances of universal nature insofar as our natures are parts of it - have such a structure as well. ... Cosmological ethics is also an approach that strongly relies on the ability of human reason to know the whole system of the world, and that assumes that human beings have a special place in such a system. "
   Page 243: " ... with what we might call the pantheistic aspect of Stoicism, which sees god as the formative force within the cosmos, a force not confined to any shape, let alone to a human shape."

3. STOIC THEOLOGY: Proof for the Existence of the Cosmic God and of the Traditional Gods (Meijer)
   P. 122: "The matter of beings - they say -, which is of itself motionless and shapeless must be put in motion an shape by some cause.
   .....
   Thus then, the power which moves matter and subjects it to ordered forms of generation and change is eternal. Consequently, this power will be god."
   P. 127: "The cosmos must be god, then this god must exist. ... This existence is given in the existence of the cosmos, which is so obvious to everyone that this existence and implicitly the existence of the cosmic god is presupposed without much ado."

4. STOICISM IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY (Rasimus, etc)
   P. 24: "Seneca himself had also stated that ... For "although a man hear what limit he should observe in sacrifice ... he will never make sufficient progress until he has conceived a right idea of God.""

5. Conceptually, all beings/things, living according to the law of Nature/ Reason/ God, are spiritually interconnected of the Universe/ Cosmos/ Logos (Universal Reason). This systemic totality (Cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_and_flow) of God/ Nature (including the Universe, power, and dynamics that are partly-known) can be further understood by updated advancements and knowledge of various sciences!

"Stoic logic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoic_logic
The Stoics believed that the universe operated according to reason, i.e. by a God which is immersed in nature itself. Logic (logike) was the part of philosophy which examined reason (logos). To achieve a happy life—a life worth living—requires logical thought.[1] The Stoics held that an understanding of ethics was impossible without logic."

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Cf.
"God is Not a Person (Swelsh)
https://www.original.moq.org/forum/ScottWelsh/godisnotaperson.html

By not locking yourself into a premise that leads to the absurd and then inter-mixing "God" and "Quality", life becomes a lot clearer. It also becomes a lot easier to believe in God. In fact, it becomes downright impossible not to believe. You know the way you feel when you do something absolutely perfect? That's God. You the way you feel when you do something nice for someone for no reason at all? That's God. You remember what you felt the first time you looked at your wife? That's God. The only way you can't believe is to not feel any quality ever. And that's ridiculous."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmopolitanism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_war

"Tao Te Ching = The Nature's Way: Living, Harmony, Politics, Economics, and War "