De Constantia

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De Constantia is a late 16th-century philosophical treatise by Justus Lipsius that revives Stoic ideas to counsel inner steadiness and moral resilience amid public turmoil.

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De Constantia canonical 4
De constantia 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
addresses fear of public evils ⓘ
sorrow over political disasters ⓘ
aim to counsel inner steadiness amid public calamities ⓘ
to revive Stoic ideas for a Christian audience ⓘ
associatedWith Catholic humanism ⓘ
linked to: Christian humanism

Leuven ⓘ
author Justus Lipsius ⓘ
centralConcept apatheia ⓘ
constantia ⓘ
providence ⓘ
right use of reason ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Habsburg Netherlands ⓘ
genre Neostoic work ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
hasPart Book I ⓘ
Book II ⓘ
hasTranslation On Constancy ⓘ
historicalContext Dutch Revolt ⓘ
linked to: Eighty Years' War

Wars of Religion in Europe ⓘ
influencedBy Christian theology ⓘ
Cicero ⓘ
Epictetus ⓘ
Seneca the Younger ⓘ
Stoic philosophy ⓘ
intendedAudience educated Christian readers ⓘ
statesmen and magistrates ⓘ
literaryForm dialogue ⓘ
mainTheme constancy ⓘ
emotional self-control ⓘ
inner steadiness ⓘ
moral resilience ⓘ
response to public turmoil ⓘ
movement Counter-Reformation intellectual culture ⓘ
Northern Renaissance humanism ⓘ
notableFor influence on early modern ethics ⓘ
role in the development of Neostoicism ⓘ
systematic Christianized Stoicism ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
originalTitle De Constantia ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Neostoicism ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
proposes acceptance of divine providence ⓘ
moderation of the passions ⓘ
withdrawal of the mind from external disturbances ⓘ
publicationCentury 16th century ⓘ
publicationPeriod late 16th century ⓘ
setting amid political and religious turmoil in the Low Countries ⓘ

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Justus Lipsius → notableWork → De Constantia ⓘ
Neostoicism → associatedWithWork → De Constantia ⓘ
De Constantia → originalTitle → De Constantia ⓘ
Politicorum sive civilis doctrinae libri sex → relatedWorkByAuthor → De constantia ⓘ
linked to: De Constantia
Admiranda sive de magnitudine Romana → relatedWork → De constantia ⓘ
linked to: De Constantia
Joost Lips → notableWork → De Constantia ⓘ