Polybius and Stoic <i>Tyche</i>

oleh: René Brouwer

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Duke University 2011-03-01

Deskripsi

<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: 11.0pt .5in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">Polybius’ notion of <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">tyche</em> resembles that of the Stoics in that it is epistemological: he allows chance to be invoked for phenomena whose causes cannot or cannot yet be discovered by our limited human understanding.</p> <!--EndFragment--> <p> </p> <!--EndFragment-->