Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life

Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life

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Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life
Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life
Yes, because Marcus doesn't mention Seneca in The Meditations, nor does Epictetus, or in fact, as…

Yes, because Marcus doesn't mention Seneca in The Meditations, nor does Epictetus, or in fact, as…

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Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life
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Yes, because Marcus doesn't mention Seneca in The Meditations, nor does Epictetus, or in fact, as…
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Yes, because Marcus doesn't mention Seneca in The Meditations, nor does Epictetus, or in fact, as far as I recall, any subsequent Stoic author. Cassius Dio implies that Thrasea had said that people who had collaborated with Nero, like Seneca, should have their memories damned, i.e., never be mentioned again. Marcus had read him, although Fronto despised…

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