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School of philosophy, founded in ancient Greece, opposed to Epicureanism in its views of life and duty. The Stoic philosophy was developed from that of the Cynics, whose Greek founder, Antisthenes, had been a disciple of Socrates.

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- philosophy of Stoics: the beliefs of the ancient Greek school of Stoic philosophy

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- impassivity: emotional indifference, especially admirable patience and endurance shown in the face of adversity

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Stoicism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy, founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early third century BC. It proved to be a popular and durable philosophy, with a ...
Stoicism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
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Stoicism [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Description of the system of ethics, popular in Ancient Greece, which has physics as its foundation.

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