| Stoic (stoic) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Sto"ic |
| [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.] |
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.
Hence, a person not easily excited; an
apathetic person; one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to
pleasure or pain.
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| Stoic (stoic) |
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| a. | (?) |
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| Sto"ic |
|
[L. stoicus, Gr. (?): cf. F.
stoïque. See Stoic, n.] |
Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the
Stoics or their doctrines.
Not affected by passion; manifesting
indifference to pleasure or pain.
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