Stoic Ethics

The first English language translation from the French of Julie Favre's Devoirs de l’homme envers ses semblables originally published in her La Morale des Stoïciens (1888). In this work Favre defends the idea of universal morality by discussing Stoic views on our duties or responsibilities to each other. Favre supports these arguments with extensive selections of passages from primary classical sources including but not restricted to Seneca's On Benefits and On The Happy Life Epictetus' Discourses and Marcus Aurelius' Meditations.A philosopher and educator Favre (née Velten) (1833-1896) believed that one's primary purpose is to be a moral citizen. An advocate for secular education and for teaching methods that include both classical and modern philosophies later in her career she was appointed director of the prestigious École Normale Supérieure de Sèvres.