Would Socrates Be Anti-Woke? A Stoic Critique of Identity Politics

Would Socrates Be Anti-Woke? A Stoic Critique of Identity Politics
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“For the Stoic, however, personal identity is not a fragmented life of intersecting cultural identities but rather a holistic and unified embodiment of rationality endowed by nature.”

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Publisher's Note:

This work is preserved in Merion West’s archive of articles and poems published from 2016 through early 2025. Explore the archive