Stoics
quoted 13 times by 8 works · as a person
also in the atlas: Stoics the group
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2 reported · 11 carried
2 neutral 4 extended 2 endorsedin the voice of the Stoics 2 , Cicero 1 , Marcus Tullius Cicero 1 , Seneca 1
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in the voice of the Stoics
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Tusculan Disputations Cicero, Marcus Tullius 1 neutral 1 extended 1 endorsed 4 citations · 18 passages
The passage reports the Stoics' formal syllogistic argument, explicitly attributed to 'the philosophers' and later 'the Stoics.'
From which it is to be understood that those who set these names upon things felt this same thing which the Stoics, having received it from Socrates, carefully retained — that all the foolish are unsound.
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in the voice of Cicero
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On Moral Ends Cicero, Marcus Tullius 1 neutral 2 citations
Corresponds to the citation of the Stoic definition of pleasure
But there is this difference, that pleasure is spoken of also in the mind — a faulty thing, as the Stoics think, who define it thus:
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Letters to Lucilius Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1 extended 2 citations · 3 passages
Seneca explicitly sets forth the Stoic view as the foundational doctrine being examined
It is the view of our school that what is good is a body, because what is good acts:
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Stromata Clement of Alexandria 1 extended 1 citation
The Stoics are explicitly named as source of the conflagration doctrine.
For he too, having learned from the barbarian philosophy, knows of the purification by fire of those who have lived ill — which the Stoics afterwards called conflagration;
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On Benefits Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1 endorsed 1 citation
Stoic doctrine is explicitly named and cited as the basis for the classification that follows
2 Take, according to the Stoic doctrine, two kinds of ungrateful men.
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On Mercy Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1 extended 1 citation
Corresponds to the citation of Stoic doctrine; the doctrine is reported as an attributed teaching of a named school.
it is objected to it that it says the wise man does not feel pity, does not pardon.
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in the voice of Seneca
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On the Happy Life Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1 citation
Represents the quote event corresponding to the citation of shared Stoic doctrine.
Meanwhile, in accordance with what all the Stoics agree upon, I give my assent to the nature of things;
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in the voice of the Stoics
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On the Steadfastness of the Wise Man Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1 citation
Corresponds to the citation of Stoic doctrine and reports the school's formal pronouncement about wise men.
For these our Stoics have pronounced wise men, unconquered by toils, despisers of pleasure, and victors over every terror.
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