I think you may have sold the Stoics short. In fact, one of the great ideas of Stoicism is the supreme value of time. A great Stoic parable is about the man who is furious if someone steals a minor possession, but has no protest when someone else steals his time with frivolous conversation. To the extent Shabbat is a time-honoring ritual, I think most Stoics would approve!
I think you may have sold the Stoics short. In fact, one of the great ideas of Stoicism is the supreme value of time. A great Stoic parable is about the man who is furious if someone steals a minor possession, but has no protest when someone else steals his time with frivolous conversation. To the extent Shabbat is a time-honoring ritual, I think most Stoics would approve!