La filosofía estoica y la cuestión del libre albedrío

Undoubtedly the Stoic perspective with respect to becoming is of a deterministic type. However, if for a first confirmation it is sufficient to consider the conception of the "cause" and the relationship "cause" - "effect" as they are scholastically presented, it may be more interesting to focus attention on Roman Stoicism. Of it we not only possess a series of texts of direct tradition, but in it we observe a great ability to reread and rethink the doctrine of the ancient Greek masters. The starting point is the conception of 'causality' present in the fragments of Arius Didymus, compared to what is offered by Seneca, in Letter 65 and, before that, by Cicero in the De fato. The analysis of the Chrysippean argumentation present in this dialog leads to support the thesis of a compatibilist conception regarding the doctrine of free will; hence, the thesis of a free adhesion to the universal conditioning of destiny.