[Reading group] The Stoics on Appropriate Action

For the past several meetings, we've been exploring how Stoics suggest we deliberate about how to act. But we've yet to explore what appropriate actions, or kathêkonta, are in the first place. In this meetup, we'll fill this gap in our exploration of Stoic ethics by reviewing the Stoic theory of appropriate actions with the assistance of scholar Georgia Tsouni.

To prepare for this meetup, please read The Stoics on Appropriate Action by Georgia Tsouni in full and come prepared with questions or concepts you want to discuss. This is a chapter from The Oxford Handbook of Hellenistic Philosophy. However, you can access a preprint of the chapter for free here.

We'll be assuming you did the reading at this meetup, so if you didn't, it's likely you'll be left behind!