The Stoic doctrine of virtue leads to logical contradictions with determinism

Evidence

If the world is completely deterministic, natural laws will decide whether I shall be virtuous or not. If I am wicked, Nature compels me to be wicked, and the freedom which virtue is supposed to give is not possible for me. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1033

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1033
• XREF: connects to: Philosophical inconsistency can generate richer intellectual movements than rigid logical consistency. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2085; Romans learned to hold contradiction between moral authority and legal ownership of their teachers — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 638

Broader Connections

• Philosophical inconsistency can generate richer intellectual movements than rigid logical consistency. #corroborates (0.55) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2085