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... teach at Rome ; but after the expulsion of the philosophers from Rome by Domitian A.D. 89 , he retired to Nicopolis in Epirus , a city built by Augustus to commemorate the victory at Actium . Epic- tetus opened a school or lecture room ...
... teach at Rome ; but after the expulsion of the philosophers from Rome by Domitian A.D. 89 , he retired to Nicopolis in Epirus , a city built by Augustus to commemorate the victory at Actium . Epic- tetus opened a school or lecture room ...
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... teacher , but there is no evidence that he wrote anything , and all that we know of his doctrines is from a work of Pollio.in 1 Article EPICTETUS in the ' Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography , ' etc. edited by Doctor William Smith ...
... teacher , but there is no evidence that he wrote anything , and all that we know of his doctrines is from a work of Pollio.in 1 Article EPICTETUS in the ' Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography , ' etc. edited by Doctor William Smith ...
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... teacher and at the same time learning from him something about moderation ( σwppoσúvn ) and justice and endurance ? His belief in the power of philosophy over men's minds was strong , and he was convinced that it was a perfect cure for ...
... teacher and at the same time learning from him something about moderation ( σwppoσúvn ) and justice and endurance ? His belief in the power of philosophy over men's minds was strong , and he was convinced that it was a perfect cure for ...
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... teaching about the Gods he follows the general Stoic practice of maintaining the popular religion . He taught that nothing was unknown to the Gods : as Socrates ( Xenophon , Mem . i . c . 1 ) taught that the Gods knew every- thing ...
... teaching about the Gods he follows the general Stoic practice of maintaining the popular religion . He taught that nothing was unknown to the Gods : as Socrates ( Xenophon , Mem . i . c . 1 ) taught that the Gods knew every- thing ...
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... teaching . He makes two kinds of exercise , first , the exercise of the soul in thinking , in reflecting and in ... teaching ) comes in order before custom ( habit ) or practice : for it is not possible to become habituated to any thing ...
... teaching . He makes two kinds of exercise , first , the exercise of the soul in thinking , in reflecting and in ... teaching ) comes in order before custom ( habit ) or practice : for it is not possible to become habituated to any thing ...
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