ABSTRACT
The history of Greek philosophy, even before the time of Zeno, leads naturally to its division into the three parts of logic, physics, and ethics. Cicero attributes it to the immediate followers of Plato in the Academic school; others assign it definitely to Xenocrates. Stoicism, as one of the positive and dogmatic schools, assumes that knowledge is attainable. Young children and animals do not possess real speech, but only 'a sort of speech'. Closely connected with the theory of the syllogism is the enticing subject of the 'resolution of fallacies' had brought within the range of philosophy. It was a favourite contention of Cicero, adopted from his teacher Antiochus, that the Stoic dialectic was no original system. In connexion with style we may call attention to the important function of paradoxes. In practical life each theory has its appropriate sphere; but the Romans were hardly in the wrong when in matters of doubt they leaned towards the Stoic side.
