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Stoicism, which aims to “live in accordance with nature”, offers certain opportunities of action to people today, as well as it did in many other periods, with its suggestions about daily practices and warnings that direct people to analyze themselves. This article will discuss the meaning of “living in accordance with nature” to make these opportunities feasible; and thus address how Stoicism, which begins with nature, sets its criterion as reason and its end as virtue, establishes a connection between starting point, criterion and end. Through oikeiōsis, which is an important concept of Stoic ethics, and Stoic texts, this article will reveal that there is a connection between the concepts of nature, reason and virtue and the fact that these concepts can be used interchangeably in different contexts. These connections and conceptual transition show that "living in accordance with nature" does not only mean being in conformity with nature for Stoics, but this expression also means "living in accordance with nature, reason and virtue" for them.

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