Neo-Stoics

Flemish philologist, philosopher and legal scholar (1547-1606)

French bishop, Magistrate of the Parliament, Keeper of the Seals of France under Louis XIII

Neostoicism was a philosophical movement that arose in the late 16th century from the works of Justus Lipsius, and sought to combine the beliefs of Stoicism and Christianity. Lipsius was Flemish and a Renaissance humanist. The movement took on the nature of religious syncretism, although modern scholarship does not consider that it resulted in a successful synthesis. The name "neostoicism" is attributed to two Roman Catholic authors, Léontine Zanta and Julien-Eymard d'Angers.

painting by Peter Paul Rubens