Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and the Stoics: One Commonality

Many people cite Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, or Stoics as alternative sources of wisdom for atheists. If you are a thinker, open to adoption of philosophical thought and living, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, or the Stoics appear to be good alternatives to organized religion. Scientific or philosophical thought it appears is exogenous to spirituality that is essence of religious organization, religious organization that at different times is anchored by good, not-so-good, or bad people.

Essence of a system of spirituality can be good, yet be domiciled within religious organizations anchored by not-so-good or bad people.

Quite the contrary to association of philosophical thoughts of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, or the Stoics with search for meaning outside of belief in God, Aristotle places theology at apex of the speculative sciences, with speculative sciences consisting of natural philosophy (biology etc.), mathematics, and theology. In the same vein, the Stoic Chrysippus asserts theology is fulfillment or objective of philosophy. It is important to note here that to Aristotle and other philosophers theology meant merely knowledge attained to which enables discernment of what exactly it is constitutes right living. Under assumptions…