THE STOIC 500: SUPPORTING MATERIALS SUITE

 

# **THE STOIC 500: SUPPORTING MATERIALS SUITE**

## **TABLE OF CONTENTS**

1. **Master Index** (Alphabetical listing with term numbers and tier locations)

2. **Tier Summaries** (Conceptual overview of each tier's purpose)

3. **Cross-Reference Guide** (Logical dependencies and connections)

4. **Sterling's Six Commitments Index** (Where each commitment appears)

5. **Greek-English Concordance** (Greek terms with English equivalents)

6. **Functional Categories** (Terms grouped by operational role)

7. **Practice Guide** (Terms organized by daily application)

8. **Quick Reference Cards** (One-page summaries by tier)

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## **1. MASTER INDEX**

**Alphabetical Listing of All 471 Terms**

### **A**

- Absolute-Sovereignty (443)

- Affirmation-Test (88)

- Alarm-Creation (Tier 4)

- Anamnēsis / Reflection (11)

- Appearance-Recognition (61)

- Appearance-Separation (62)

- Assent / Sunkatathesis (2)

- Assent-Delay (78)

- Assent-Habit (93)

- Assent-Readiness (86)

- Assent-Withholding (87)

- Autokrateia / Self-Command (17)

- Aversion / Ekklisis (5)

### **B**

- Bouleusis / Deliberation (12)

- Boulēsis / Will (14)

- Boundary-Recognition (34)

### **C**

- Causal-Boundary (440)

- Causal-Primacy (439)

- Choice / Prohairesis (7)

- Choice-Freedom (431)

- Choice-Independence (432)

- Choice-Responsibility (434)

- Choice-Sufficiency (433)

- Cognitive-Guard (95)

- Cognitive-Purity (99)

- Cognitive-Suspension (72)

- Contra-Causal-Freedom (436)

- Content-Extraction (64)

- Correct-Assent (91)

- Counter-Image-Check (75)

- Counterexample-Check (85)

### **D**

- Daily-Mastery (398)

- Denial-Test (89)

- Description-vs-Judgment-Division (70)

- Desire / Orexis (4)

- Diakrisis / Discernment (16)

- Discipline-Continuity (389)

- Discipline-Correction (357)

- Discipline-Formation (352)

- Discipline-Integration (354)

- Discipline-Neutrality (394)

- Discipline-Posture (388)

- Discipline-Purification (356)

- Discipline-Recognition (351)

- Discipline-Renewal (390)

- Discipline-Reorientation (358)

- Discipline-Simplicity (355)

- Discipline-Stability (353)

- Disconfirmation-Search (84)

- Distortion-Recognition (74)

- Domain-Alignment (50)

- Domain-Clarity (49)

- Domain-Integrity (57)

### **E**

- Eleutheria Endoterā / Internal-Freedom (20)

- Emotional-Layer-Removal (76)

- Error-Awareness (376)

- Error-Correction (378)

- Error-Filter (79)

- Error-Integration (379)

- Error-Interruption (377)

- Ethical-Intuitionism (449)

- Event-Forecasting (373)

- Event-Neutrality (404)

- Evidence-Review (73)

- Examination-Clarity (369)

- Examination-Continuity (370)

- Examination-Depth (368)

- Examination-Entry (367)

- Examination-Recognition (366)

- External-Causation (407)

- External-Complexity (410)

- External-Dependency (36)

- External-Domain (22)

- External-Event (26)

- External-Futility (38)

- External-Illusion (30)

- External-Independence (409)

- External-Indifference (52)

- External-Indifferent (28)

- External-Instability (44)

- External-Insufficiency (54)

- External-Limit (46, 408)

- External-Non-Ownership (42)

- External-Non-Responsibility (48)

- External-Occurrence (405)

- External-Sequence (406)

- External-Subordination (56)

- External-Transience (60, 411)

- External-Volatility (412)

- External-Weakness (40)

- Extrinsic-Appearance (32)

### **F**

- Final-Clarity (463)

- Final-Freedom (464)

- Final-Goodness (465)

- Final-Posture (461)

- Final-Truth (466)

- Final-Unity (462)

- Foundationalism (450)

- Freedom-Completion (442)

- Freedom-Invulnerability (441)

- Freedom-Recognition (430)

### **G–H**

- Hardship-Readiness (375)

- Homologia / Self-Consistency (18)

- Hormē / Impulse (3)

### **I**

- Implicit-Assumption-Recognition (67)

- Impression / Phantasia (1)

- Impression-Completion (100)

- Impression-Mastery (94)

- Incorrect-Assent (92)

- Inner-Clarity (97)

- Internal-Action (25)

- Internal-Agency (421)

- Internal-Authority (35)

- Internal-Causation (422)

- Internal-Constancy (59)

- Internal-Continuity (425)

- Internal-Domain (21)

- Internal-Evil (29)

- Internal-Good (27)

- Internal-Guardianship (51)

- Internal-Integrity (424)

- Internal-Limit (45)

- Internal-Orientation (58)

- Internal-Ownership (41)

- Internal-Primacy (55)

- Internal-Responsibility (47)

- Internal-Sovereignty (423)

- Internal-Stability (43)

- Internal-Strength (39)

- Internal-Structure (426)

- Internal-Sufficiency (53)

- Internal–External-Distinction (33)

- Internal–External-Test (68)

- Intrinsic-Value (31)

### **J–K–L**

- Katanoēsis / Observation (9)

- Krisis / Judgment (6)

- Libertarian-Freedom (435)

- Logos / Reason (8)

### **M**

- Mental-Simplicity (98)

- Mind-Body-Distinction (402)

- Moral-Agency (437)

- Moral-Architecture (456)

- Moral-Causation (438)

- Moral-Intuition (448)

- Moral-Realism (447)

- Moral-Truth (446)

- Morning-Preparation (371)

### **N–O**

- Neutral-Observation (63)

- Obstacle-Preacceptance (374)

- Ontological-Independence (427)

- Ontological-Simplicity (428)

- Orexis / Desire (4)

### **P**

- Phantasia / Impression (1)

- Position-Testing (82)

- Practice-Completion (400)

- Practice-Security (395)

- Practice-Stability (396)

- Practice-Vigor (397)

- Prohairesis / Choice (7)

- Prohairesis-Perfection (470)

- Proposition-Clarification (81)

- Proposition-Identification (65)

- Prosochē / Attention (10)

### **R**

- Rational-Conclusion (90)

- Rational-Pause (71)

- Rational-Refinement (80)

- Readiness-Activation (385)

- Readiness-Recognition (384)

- Readiness-Return (387)

- Readiness-Stability (386)

- Reality-Alignment (96)

- Reality-Check (69)

- Reality-Structure (403)

- Reality-Sufficiency (414)

- Reality-Transparency (413)

- Reason / Logos (8)

- Reason-Authority (451)

- Reason-Completion (457)

- Reason-Constancy (454)

- Reason-Sufficiency (452)

- Reason-Transparency (453)

### **S**

- Sage-Invulnerability (469)

- Sage-Structure (468)

- Self-Boundary (420)

- Self-Command / Autokrateia (17)

- Self-Completion (429)

- Self-Consistency / Homologia (18)

- Self-Recognition (416)

- Self-Simplicity (417)

- Self-Sufficiency (37, 419)

- Self-Transparency (418)

- Skopos-Prohairetikos / Moral-Aim (15)

- Skopē / Aim (13)

- Sphere-of-Externals (24)

- Sphere-of-Internals (23)

- Substance-Dualism (401)

- Sunkatathesis / Assent (2)

### **T**

- Tautotēs-Prohairetikē / Moral-Identity (19)

- Teleological-Completion (467)

- Telos-Achievement (471)

- Training-Boundary (391)

- Training-Completion (362)

- Training-Endurance (365)

- Training-Engagement (361)

- Training-Focus (364)

- Training-Integrity (392)

- Training-Neutrality (394)

- Training-Preparation (360)

- Training-Purity (399)

- Training-Recognition (359)

- Training-Repetition (363)

- Training-Unity (393)

- Truth-Comparison (77)

- Truth-Correspondence (455)

- Truth-Independence (445)

- Truth-Recognition (444)

### **V**

- Value-Detection (66)

- Vigilance-Consistency (383)

- Vigilance-Formation (381)

- Vigilance-Intensity (382)

- Vigilance-Recognition (380)

### **W**

- World-Continuity (414)

- World-Indifference (415)

- World-Self-Alignment (459)

- World-Self-Division (458)

- World-Self-Independence (460)

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## **2. TIER SUMMARIES**

**Conceptual Overview of Each Tier's Purpose and Function**

### **TIER 1: CORE STOIC FACULTIES (1-20)**

**Purpose:** Establish the foundational mental operations of Stoic psychology.

**Key Function:** These are the irreducible elements of Stoic cognition—impression, assent, impulse, judgment, and choice. Everything else in the system builds from these 20 operations. Without mastery of Tier 1 vocabulary, the student cannot understand how the mind actually works in Stoic theory.⁰

**Critical Terms:** Phantasia (1), Sunkatathesis (2), Hormē (3), Prohairesis (7), Logos (8)

**Pedagogical Note:** Tier 1 must be memorized and understood before attempting Tiers 2-10. These are the grammar of Stoic thought.

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### **TIER 2: INTERNAL-EXTERNAL DIVISION (21-60)**

**Purpose:** Articulate the fundamental dichotomy between what is up to us and what is not.

**Key Function:** This is the ontological and practical division that makes Stoicism work. Without sharp clarity on this boundary, desire and aversion will be misdirected, leading to suffering and vice. P0Tier 2 defines the two domains, their characteristics, and the relationship between them.

**Critical Terms:** Internal-Domain (21), External-Domain (22), Internal–External-Distinction (33), Domain-Clarity (49), Internal-Orientation (58)

**Pedagogical Note:** This tier operationalizes Enchiridion 1. Students must practice Domain-Clarity (49) daily until automatic.

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### **TIER 3: EXAMINATION OF IMPRESSIONS (61-100)**

**Purpose:** Provide the complete method for evaluating appearances before granting assent.

**Key Function:** This tier is the heart of Stoic practice. It gives the step-by-step cognitive procedure for handling impressions: recognition, separation, neutral observation, content extraction, testing, and final judgment. Mastery of Tier 3 enables the agent to avoid false assent and emotional disturbance.

**Critical Terms:** Appearance-Recognition (61), Neutral-Observation (63), Internal–External-Test (68), Rational-Pause (71), Correct-Assent (91)

**Pedagogical Note:** This is where theory becomes practice. Students must rehearse this examination sequence until it becomes second nature.

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### **TIER 4: EMOTIONAL REGULATION (101-150)**

**Purpose:** Explain the structure of emotions (pathē) and how to prevent or dissolve them.

**Key Function:** Emotions arise from false judgments about externals. Tier 4 shows the genesis of each major passion, its underlying false belief, and the rational correction. This tier also covers *eupatheiai* (good feelings) that arise from correct judgment.

**Critical Terms:** [These would be listed once we complete Tier 4 normalization in the full document]

**Pedagogical Note:** Understanding this tier eliminates the illusion that emotions are involuntary or externally caused.

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### **TIER 5: RATIONAL IMPULSE AND ACTION (151-200)**

**Purpose:** Show how correct assent produces appropriate action.

**Key Function:** This tier connects internal judgment to external behavior. It explains rational impulse, appropriate action (*kathēkon*), right action (*katorthōma*), and the relationship between intention and outcome. Action is always the product of assent, never a response to externals.

**Critical Terms:** [To be listed in full document]

**Pedagogical Note:** This tier explains why Stoics can act rationally even in "bad" circumstances—because action quality depends only on internal correctness.

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### **TIER 6: PREFERRED AND DISPREFERRED INDIFFERENTS (201-250)**

**Purpose:** Articulate the Stoic doctrine of selection among externals.

**Key Function:** While externals are morally indifferent, some are naturally preferable (health, wealth) and others dispreferred (sickness, poverty). This tier explains how to engage rationally with externals without attributing value to them. The key is selection without attachment.

**Critical Terms:** [To be listed in full document]

**Pedagogical Note:** This tier prevents the misunderstanding that Stoics are indifferent to all outcomes. We prefer health, but do not make happiness depend on it.

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### **TIER 7: CHARACTER FORMATION (251-300)**

**Purpose:** Explain how stable moral dispositions develop through repeated judgment.

**Key Function:** Character (*ēthos*) is the accumulated pattern of assents that becomes habitual. This tier shows how virtue and vice form, how to recognize character traits, and how to reshape character through training. Character is internal structure made stable.

**Critical Terms:** [To be listed in full document]

**Pedagogical Note:** Character change requires sustained, deliberate practice. This tier provides the roadmap.

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### **TIER 8: VIRTUE AND VICE STRUCTURE (301-350)**

**Purpose:** Define the four cardinal virtues, their sub-virtues, and opposing vices.

**Key Function:** Virtue is the perfected state of prohairesis; vice is its corruption. This tier gives the complete architecture of moral excellence: Wisdom, Justice, Courage, Moderation, and their detailed components. Each virtue is a mode of correct judgment applied to a specific domain.

**Critical Terms:** [To be listed in full document]

**Pedagogical Note:** The virtues are unified—you cannot have one without all. This tier explains why.

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### **TIER 9: DISCIPLINE, TRAINING, AND DAILY PRACTICE (351-400)**

**Purpose:** Provide the operational framework for Stoic exercise and discipline.

**Key Function:** This tier translates theory into daily routine: morning preparation, evening review, event forecasting, error correction, vigilance, and readiness. These are the concrete practices that build and maintain prohairesis. Without Tier 9, Stoicism remains abstract philosophy.

**Critical Terms:** Morning-Preparation (371), Evening-Review (372), Event-Forecasting (373), Vigilance-Recognition (380), Daily-Mastery (398)

**Pedagogical Note:** This tier is *how you actually practice*. It must be implemented, not just understood.

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### **TIER 10: METAPHYSICS, REALITY, AND FINAL STRUCTURES (401-471)**

**Purpose:** Ground the entire system in its metaphysical commitments and show the final architecture of the sage.

**Key Function:** This tier provides the ontological foundation: substance dualism, libertarian freedom, moral realism, correspondence theory, ethical intuitionism, and foundationalism (Sterling's six commitments). It also describes the completed state—the sage—and the achievement of telos. Without Tier 10, Stoicism lacks philosophical grounding.

**Critical Terms:** Substance-Dualism (401), Libertarian-Freedom (435), Moral-Realism (447), Foundationalism (450), Truth-Correspondence (455), Telos-Achievement (471)

**Pedagogical Note:** This tier is both foundation and culmination. It explains *why* the system works and *what* complete virtue looks like.

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**3. Cross-Reference Guide** (showing logical dependencies and connections between terms)?