A Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, em seu verbete "Stoic Philosophy of Mind" - mais especificamente, no item "b. Passion and Eupatheia" - segue a linha que apresentamos no post anterior, quando indica que:
"It is a mistake to assume that if the Stoics reject passion that they seek a life void of any emotion [...]. A better reading of Stoicism is that the goal is not absence of emotion, but a well-disposed emotional life. [...] This view is supported by the Stoic doctrine of the eupatheiai. Calling positive emotions 'good-passions' may have been an attempt to rectify the misrepresentation of their school as being void of emotion. [...] [I]n the eupatheiai the force of the impulse is appropriate to the value of the object, the impulse is consistent with rational behavior, and finally the belief or judgement regarding the nature of the object is true".
Portanto, a desvalorização generalizada das "paixões", que é a interpretação corrente do Estoicismo, parece que deve ser reconsiderada. Afinal, se existem as paixões "ruins", também existem as "boas paixões" (eupatheiai), que, segundo os estoicos, precisariam ser valorizadas.
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