Constant Minds
In response to the crisis provoked by the Wars of Religion in Europe in the sixteenth century, the Flemish philosopher Lipsius developed a synthesis of stoic morality and Tacitean political analysis called ''the Lipsian paradigm,'' or neostoicism. The paradigm espoused the adaptation to prevailing political circumstances, the practice of ''mixed prudence,'' (knowing the circumstances in which to ...
In response to the crisis provoked by the Wars of Religion in Europe in the sixteenth century, the Flemish philosopher Lipsius developed a synthesis of stoic morality and Tacitean political analysis called ''the Lipsian paradigm,'' or neostoicism. The paradigm espoused the adaptation to prevailing political circumstances, the practice of ''mixed prudence,'' (knowing the circumstances in which to ...
