school of stoics

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school of stoics - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stoic \Sto"ic\, n. [L. stoicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, adj., literally,
     of or pertaining to a colonnade, from ? a roofed colonnade, a
     porch, especially, a porch in Athens where Zeno and his
     successors taught.]
     1. A disciple of the philosopher Zeno; one of a Greek sect
        which held that men should be free from passion, unmoved
        by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to
        unavoidable necessity, by which all things are governed.
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     2. Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person;
        one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to
        pleasure or pain.
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              A Stoic of the woods, a man without a tear.
                                                    --Campbell.
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     School of Stoics. See The Porch, under Porch.
        [1913 Webster] Stoic