ABSTRACT
Chapter 10 looks into the Stoic doctrine of personal providence (according to which god cares not only for human beings conceived generally, but for individuals) and how it is ultimately based on god’s care for the world (which is god’s primary concern), that is, for himself (given the Stoic identification of the world to god). It shows that it is because the world is conceived by the Stoics as an animal (with impulses directed towards self-preservation) that divine providence for the world naturally leads to a concern for human beings (which are, by their souls, detached parts of god).
