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Period: 30 to 101
GAIUS MUSONIUS RUFUS (KEEPING TRACK OFONES ETHICAL PROGRESS)
Rufus was known as the Socrates of Rome. He was another Stoic, who taught that philosophy cannot just be theoretical. If you want to be an ethical individual or an ethical company, you can't just study ethics, you must practice it, every day, to get into good habits. The ancient Greek word for ethics is the same word for habit (The Guardian, 2020). -
Period: 45 to 120
PLUTARCH OF CHAERONEA IN BOEOTIA (BEING A GOOD ROLE MODEL)
Plutarch, the ancient Greek historian and educator, understood that humans are incredibly social creatures, who constantly observe the people around them and imitate them (The Guardian, 2020). -
Period: 341 to 270
EPICURUS (THE ART OF HAPPINESS)
Epicurus was a fourth century Greek philosopher who taught, rather scandalously, that the aim of life was simply to be as happy as possible here on Earth, before we die and dissolve back into the atomic universe. He warned that humans are very bad at being happy, and very good at inventing reasons to be miserable. Philosophy should teach us how to be happy, he suggested (The Guardian, 2020). -
Period: 384 to 322 BCE
ARISTOTLE (LETTING PEOPLE SEEK FULFILLMENT)
Aristotle based his ethics on a psychological theory of human nature, insisting that we are naturally virtuous, rational, social and happiness-seeking. Aristotle's philosophy was an influence on Edward Deci and Richard Ryan's Self-Determination Theory, that suggests that if you give your employees significant and morally worthwhile duties, they will work harder for you and perform better. (The Guardian, 2020). -
Period: 469 to 399 BCE
SOCRATES (DARING TO DISAGREE)
Socrates, one of the first philosophers, insisted on our right to think for ourselves. Too often, he warned, humans sleepwalk through life, simply going along with the crowd (The Guardian, 2020.