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Meaning
Noun
●
In Philosophy:
A school of
philosophy
popularized
during the Roman Empire that
emphasized
reason
as a means of understanding the
natural state
of things, or
logos
, and as a means of
freeing
oneself
from
emotional
distress.
●
A
real
or
pretended
indifference
to
pleasure
or
pain
;
insensibility
; impassiveness.
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Origin
stoicism
English
-ism
English
stoic
English
stoicus
Latin
Στωϊκός
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Ποικίλη Στοά
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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