The Stoics were pantheists who believed gods, fate, matter came from Nature, the most ancient goddess. Nature assembles out of the four elements inanimate rocks

The Stoics were pantheists who believed gods, fate, matter came from Nature, the most ancient goddess. Nature assembles out of the four elements inanimate rocks, souled beings like mice and rational beings, Humans. Humans alone have a ruling center (Hegemonikon) granted by Nature which allows them to freely choose good or evil.