Bee, Michele; Paganelli, Maria Pia - 2019
, rather than embracing it, as is often suggested. He argues that Stoicism, with its promotion of indifference to passions, is …. Imposing Stoicism on a commercial society is therefore imposing an ethic for savages onto a refined society - something to … abhor. Smith's rejection of Stoicism in commercial societies can thus be seen as a defense of commerce. …