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 apply deceit) and the use of historical example as a guide to contemporary action as political virtues.
Constant Minds investigates the reception and use of Lipsian ideas in the moral,...
In response to the crisis provoked by the Wars of Religion in Europe in the sixteenth century, the Flemish philosopher Lipsius developed a synthesi...
