Paradoxa Stoicorum

Paradoxa Stoicorum
15th century manuscript, Leiden University
AuthorCicero
LanguageClassical Latin
SubjectStoicism
GenrePhilosophy
Publication date
46 BCE
Publication placeRoman Republic

The Paradoxa Stoicorum (English: Stoic Paradoxes) is a work by the academic skeptic philosopher Cicero in which he attempts to explain six famous Stoic sayings that appear to go against common understanding: (1) virtue is the sole good; (2) virtue is the sole requisite for happiness; (3) all good deeds are equally virtuous and all bad deeds equally vicious; (4) all fools are mad; (5) only the wise are free, whereas all fools are enslaved; and (6) only the wise are rich.