Stoic Ethics: Our Duty To Each Other - Julie Favre (Translated by Will Johncock)

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The first English language translation from the French of Julie Favre’s Devoirs de l’homme envers ses semblables, originally published in her La Morale des Stoïciens (1888). In this work, Favre defends the idea of a universal morality, through a discussion of the Stoic view that ethics requires us fulfilling our mutual duties or responsibilities. 

A philosopher and educator, Favre (1833 - 1896) believed that our primary role is as moral citizens, positioning men and women as equals. An advocate for secular education, and for the incorporation of both classical and modern philosophies when teaching, later in her career she was appointed director of the prestigious Ècole Normale Supérieure de Sèvres.

70 pages.