Religion In Late Stoic Philosophy

Religion in Late Stoicism and the
Place of God in Philosophy

In Late Antiquity, Stoic philosophy started to experience a heavy influence of religion. Stoics and other philosophers began to believe in an ultimate god who was omniscient and omnipotent. Stoics believed that such God was the cause of everything that occurred, and that philosophy was a way of approaching God. These Stoic beliefs would ease the spread of Christianity throughout the empire due to their many similarities.
In his book To Himself, the Stoic Marcus Aurelius mentions several times that men have an eternal soul. It seems to be a main idea in his work, since it appears in many of his points. His emphasis could be easily compared to that of many contemporary Christians,