Stoic Pragmatism Questions by Evan Lester (Sec. H1 Group 4)

I have started reading the book Stoic Pragmatism, and I will try to post questions on the blog as I begin to read it in the next couple of days for John Lachs. Here are a few questions that came to my mind as I began reading the book:

1. According to your book, it says that Alfred North Whitehead "averred that all of philosophy may well be a series of footnotes to Plato." Do you agree with this opinion? Why or why not?

2. Is there a particular philosopher that influenced the writing of your book?

3. Under the section of Ethics, there are three philosophers with different aspects of ethics. Those philosophers are Mill, Kant, and Butler. Do you agree with one of the philosophers over the others? Or do you have a different opinion on the topic?

4. Would you consider Plato and Aristotle as the backbone of philosophy since the disagreement between them on the method of philosophy is still with us today?

These are just a few that I had questions about as I have read. There will be more to come!