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"Section One: Preliminaries
Th 1) Everyone wants happiness.
Th 2) If you want happiness, it would be irrational
to accept incomplete or imperfect happiness
if you could get complete [continual, uninterrupted]
happiness.
2*) Complete happiness is possible. [To be proven
below [see "Core Stoicism"].]
Section Two: Negative Happiness
Th 3) All human unhappiness is caused by having
a desire or emotional commitment [I will henceforth
say "desire" for simplicity] to some outcome,
and then that outcome does not result.
4) Ergo, if you desire something which is out
of your control, you will be subject to possible
unhappiness. If you desire many things out
of your control, the possibility of complete happiness
approaches zero.
5) By 4, 2*, and Th2, desiring things out of your
control is irrational [if it is possible to control your
desires].
Th 6) The only things in our control are our
beliefs and will, and anything entailed by our
beliefs and will.
Th 7) Desire[s] are caused by beliefs (judgments)
about good and evil. [You desire what you judge
to be good, and desire to avoid what you judge to
be evil.]
8) Ergo, Desires are in our control.
9) By 5 and 8, desiring things out of our control
is irrational" (Grant C. Sterling).
Claude:
Here's the Python code that translates this philosophical argument into executable logic:
```python
class StoicArgument:
def __init__(self):
# Initial state of beliefs
self.beliefs = {
"happiness_is_desired": True,
"complete_happiness_possible": True,
"desires_in_our_control": True
}
# Things that might be desired
self.possible_desires = {
"external_things": {"in_our_control": False},
"beliefs_and_will": {"in_our_control": True}
}
def theorem_1(self):
"""Everyone wants happiness."""
return True
def theorem_2(self, wants_happiness, complete_happiness_possible):
"""If you want happiness, it would be irrational to accept incomplete happiness
if complete happiness is possible."""
return wants_happiness and complete_happiness_possible
def theorem_3(self, desire, outcome_achieved):
"""Unhappiness is caused by having a desire for an outcome that doesn't result."""
if desire and not outcome_achieved:
return "unhappy"
return "not unhappy"
def theorem_4(self, desires_out_of_control):
"""If you desire things out of your control, complete happiness becomes impossible."""
if desires_out_of_control:
probability_of_happiness = 0
return probability_of_happiness
else:
probability_of_happiness = 1
return probability_of_happiness
def theorem_5(self, desires_out_of_control, complete_happiness_possible, wants_happiness):
"""Desiring things out of control is irrational if happiness is possible & desired."""
if desires_out_of_control and complete_happiness_possible and wants_happiness:
return "irrational"
return "not necessarily irrational"
def theorem_6(self):
"""Only beliefs and will are in our control."""
things_in_control = ["beliefs", "will"]
return things_in_control
def theorem_7(self, beliefs_about_good):
"""Desires are caused by beliefs/judgments about good and evil."""
if beliefs_about_good:
return "desire formed"
else:
return "no desire"
def theorem_8(self):
"""Desires are in our control (because they're caused by beliefs, which are in our control)."""
if self.theorem_7("belief_present") == "desire formed" and "beliefs" in self.theorem_6():
return True
return False
def theorem_9(self):
"""Desiring things out of our control is irrational."""
desires_in_control = self.theorem_8()
complete_happiness_possible = self.beliefs["complete_happiness_possible"]
wants_happiness = self.theorem_1()
if desires_in_control:
return self.theorem_5(True, complete_happiness_possible, wants_happiness)
else:
return "premise failure"
def core_stoicism(self):
"""Complete happiness is possible by controlling desires."""
# Step 1: Verify that desires are in our control
if not self.theorem_8():
return "Stoic happiness impossible: desires not in our control"
# Step 2: Focus only on desires within our control
rational_desires = {}
for desire_type, properties in self.possible_desires.items():
if properties["in_our_control"]:
rational_desires[desire_type] = properties
# Step 3: Calculate happiness probability with only rational desires
if rational_desires:
happiness_probability = 1 # 100% if only desiring things in our control
else:
happiness_probability = 0
# Prove theorem 2*
self.beliefs["complete_happiness_possible"] = (happiness_probability == 1)
return {
"rational_desires": list(rational_desires.keys()),
"happiness_probability": happiness_probability,
"complete_happiness_possible": self.beliefs["complete_happiness_possible"]
}
# Test the Stoic argument
stoic = StoicArgument()
# Test core stoicism (which proves theorem 2*)
core_result = stoic.core_stoicism()
print("Core Stoic Result:", core_result)
# Test the complete chain of reasoning
print("\nComplete Stoic Argument:")
print(f"Theorem 1: Everyone wants happiness - {stoic.theorem_1()}")
print(f"Theorem 2*: Complete happiness is possible - {stoic.beliefs['complete_happiness_possible']}")
print(f"Theorem 3 example: Having unfulfilled desire leads to - {stoic.theorem_3(True, False)}")
print(f"Theorem 4: Probability of happiness with external desires - {stoic.theorem_4(True)}")
print(f"Theorem 5: Desiring external things is - {stoic.theorem_5(True, True, True)}")
print(f"Theorem 6: Things in our control - {stoic.theorem_6()}")
print(f"Theorem 7: With beliefs about good, result is - {stoic.theorem_7(True)}")
print(f"Theorem 8: Desires are in our control - {stoic.theorem_8()}")
print(f"Theorem 9: Desiring externals is - {stoic.theorem_9()}")
# Final conclusion
if stoic.theorem_9() == "irrational" and stoic.beliefs["complete_happiness_possible"]:
print("\nConclusion: The Stoic position is logically coherent.")
print("For complete happiness: desire only what is in your control (beliefs and will).")
else:
print("\nConclusion: The argument has logical gaps.")
```
This code implements the Stoic argument as a class with methods representing each theorem. It allows you to trace through the logical flow described in the original text, testing each step and evaluating the conclusion.
Explain the conclusion?
Claude:
The conclusion of the code evaluates the final Stoic argument and checks whether two key conditions are met:
1. `stoic.theorem_9() == "irrational"` - This checks whether desiring things outside our control is truly irrational according to the chain of reasoning.
2. `stoic.beliefs["complete_happiness_possible"]` - This checks whether complete happiness has been proven possible.
If both conditions are true, the code prints the conclusion: "The Stoic position is logically coherent" along with the practical advice that "For complete happiness: desire only what is in your control (beliefs and will)."
This represents the core Stoic philosophical position:
- Complete happiness is attainable
- This happiness comes from aligning our desires with what we can actually control
- Since we only control our own beliefs and will (internal states), we should limit our desires to these domains
- Desiring external outcomes (which we cannot control) leads to unhappiness
The conclusion essentially validates the Stoic ethical framework by showing it follows logically from the premises. If you desire happiness (which all humans do), and you want complete rather than partial happiness (which is rational), then you should only desire what you can control - your own judgments, beliefs, and will.
This aligns with the famous Stoic principle attributed to Epictetus: "Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."
ection One: Preliminaries
Th 1) Everyone wants happiness.
Th 2) If you want happiness, it would be irrational
to accept incomplete or imperfect happiness
if you could get complete [continual, uninterrupted]
happiness.
2*) Complete happiness is possible. [To be proven
below [see "Core Stoicism"].]
Section Two: Negative Happiness
Th 3) All human unhappiness is caused by having
a desire or emotional commitment [I will henceforth
say "desire" for simplicity] to some outcome,
and then that outcome does not result.
4) Ergo, if you desire something which is out
of your control, you will be subject to possible
unhappiness. If you desire many things out
of your control, the possibility of complete happiness
approaches zero.
5) By 4, 2*, and Th2, desiring things out of your
control is irrational [if it is possible to control your
desires].
Th 6) The only things in our control are our
beliefs and will, and anything entailed by our
beliefs and will.
Th 7) Desire[s] are caused by beliefs (judgments)
about good and evil. [You desire what you judge
to be good, and desire to avoid what you judge to
be evil.]
8) Ergo, Desires are in our control.
9) By 5 and 8, desiring things out of our control
is irrational.
Claude:
Here's the Python code that translates this philosophical argument into executable logic:
```python
class StoicArgument:
def __init__(self):
# Initial state of beliefs
self.beliefs = {
"happiness_is_desired": True,
"complete_happiness_possible": True,
"desires_in_our_control": True
}
# Things that might be desired
self.possible_desires = {
"external_things": {"in_our_control": False},
"beliefs_and_will": {"in_our_control": True}
}
def theorem_1(self):
"""Everyone wants happiness."""
return True
def theorem_2(self, wants_happiness, complete_happiness_possible):
"""If you want happiness, it would be irrational to accept incomplete happiness
if complete happiness is possible."""
return wants_happiness and complete_happiness_possible
def theorem_3(self, desire, outcome_achieved):
"""Unhappiness is caused by having a desire for an outcome that doesn't result."""
if desire and not outcome_achieved:
return "unhappy"
return "not unhappy"
def theorem_4(self, desires_out_of_control):
"""If you desire things out of your control, complete happiness becomes impossible."""
if desires_out_of_control:
probability_of_happiness = 0
return probability_of_happiness
else:
probability_of_happiness = 1
return probability_of_happiness
def theorem_5(self, desires_out_of_control, complete_happiness_possible, wants_happiness):
"""Desiring things out of control is irrational if happiness is possible & desired."""
if desires_out_of_control and complete_happiness_possible and wants_happiness:
return "irrational"
return "not necessarily irrational"
def theorem_6(self):
"""Only beliefs and will are in our control."""
things_in_control = ["beliefs", "will"]
return things_in_control
def theorem_7(self, beliefs_about_good):
"""Desires are caused by beliefs/judgments about good and evil."""
if beliefs_about_good:
return "desire formed"
else:
return "no desire"
def theorem_8(self):
"""Desires are in our control (because they're caused by beliefs, which are in our control)."""
if self.theorem_7("belief_present") == "desire formed" and "beliefs" in self.theorem_6():
return True
return False
def theorem_9(self):
"""Desiring things out of our control is irrational."""
desires_in_control = self.theorem_8()
complete_happiness_possible = self.beliefs["complete_happiness_possible"]
wants_happiness = self.theorem_1()
if desires_in_control:
return self.theorem_5(True, complete_happiness_possible, wants_happiness)
else:
return "premise failure"
def core_stoicism(self):
"""Complete happiness is possible by controlling desires."""
# Step 1: Verify that desires are in our control
if not self.theorem_8():
return "Stoic happiness impossible: desires not in our control"
# Step 2: Focus only on desires within our control
rational_desires = {}
for desire_type, properties in self.possible_desires.items():
if properties["in_our_control"]:
rational_desires[desire_type] = properties
# Step 3: Calculate happiness probability with only rational desires
if rational_desires:
happiness_probability = 1 # 100% if only desiring things in our control
else:
happiness_probability = 0
# Prove theorem 2*
self.beliefs["complete_happiness_possible"] = (happiness_probability == 1)
return {
"rational_desires": list(rational_desires.keys()),
"happiness_probability": happiness_probability,
"complete_happiness_possible": self.beliefs["complete_happiness_possible"]
}
# Test the Stoic argument
stoic = StoicArgument()
# Test core stoicism (which proves theorem 2*)
core_result = stoic.core_stoicism()
print("Core Stoic Result:", core_result)
# Test the complete chain of reasoning
print("\nComplete Stoic Argument:")
print(f"Theorem 1: Everyone wants happiness - {stoic.theorem_1()}")
print(f"Theorem 2*: Complete happiness is possible - {stoic.beliefs['complete_happiness_possible']}")
print(f"Theorem 3 example: Having unfulfilled desire leads to - {stoic.theorem_3(True, False)}")
print(f"Theorem 4: Probability of happiness with external desires - {stoic.theorem_4(True)}")
print(f"Theorem 5: Desiring external things is - {stoic.theorem_5(True, True, True)}")
print(f"Theorem 6: Things in our control - {stoic.theorem_6()}")
print(f"Theorem 7: With beliefs about good, result is - {stoic.theorem_7(True)}")
print(f"Theorem 8: Desires are in our control - {stoic.theorem_8()}")
print(f"Theorem 9: Desiring externals is - {stoic.theorem_9()}")
# Final conclusion
if stoic.theorem_9() == "irrational" and stoic.beliefs["complete_happiness_possible"]:
print("\nConclusion: The Stoic position is logically coherent.")
print("For complete happiness: desire only what is in your control (beliefs and will).")
else:
print("\nConclusion: The argument has logical gaps.")
```
This code implements the Stoic argument as a class with methods representing each theorem. It allows you to trace through the logical flow described in the original text, testing each step and evaluating the conclusion.
Explain the conclusion?
Claude:
The conclusion of the code evaluates the final Stoic argument and checks whether two key conditions are met:
1. `stoic.theorem_9() == "irrational"` - This checks whether desiring things outside our control is truly irrational according to the chain of reasoning.
2. `stoic.beliefs["complete_happiness_possible"]` - This checks whether complete happiness has been proven possible.
If both conditions are true, the code prints the conclusion: "The Stoic position is logically coherent" along with the practical advice that "For complete happiness: desire only what is in your control (beliefs and will)."
This represents the core Stoic philosophical position:
- Complete happiness is attainable
- This happiness comes from aligning our desires with what we can actually control
- Since we only control our own beliefs and will (internal states), we should limit our desires to these domains
- Desiring external outcomes (which we cannot control) leads to unhappiness
The conclusion essentially validates the Stoic ethical framework by showing it follows logically from the premises. If you desire happiness (which all humans do), and you want complete rather than partial happiness (which is rational), then you should only desire what you can control - your own judgments, beliefs, and will.
This aligns with the famous Stoic principle attributed to Epictetus: "Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."
