Stoicism

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Stoic doctrine was a popular and durable philosophy, with a following throughout [|Greece] and the [|Roman Empire], from its founding until the closing of all philosophy schools in 529 AD by order of the Emperor [|Justinian I], who perceived their [|pagan] character to be at odds with his Christian faith.[|[4]][|[5]]
 * Stoicism** was a school of [|Hellenistic philosophy] founded in [|Athens] by [|Zeno of Citium] in the early 3rd century BC . The Stoics considered destructive emotions to be the result of errors in judgment, and that a [|sage], or person of "moral and intellectual perfection," would not undergo such emotions.[|[1]] Stoics were concerned with the active relationship between cosmic[|determinism] and human [|freedom], and the belief that it is [|virtuous] to maintain a [|will] (called //[|prohairesis]//) that is in accord with nature. Because of this, the Stoics presented their philosophy as a way of life, and they thought that the best indication of an individual's philosophy was not what a person said but how he behaved.[|[2]] Later Roman Stoics, such as [|Seneca] and[|Epictetus], emphasized that because "virtue is sufficient for happiness," a sage was immune to misfortune. This belief is similar to the meaning of the phrase 'stoic calm', though the phrase does not include the "radical ethical" Stoic views that only a //sage// can be considered truly free, and that all moral corruptions are equally vicious.[|[3]]

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