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STOIC, n. [Gr., a porch in Athens where the philosopher Zeno taught.] A disciple of the philosopher Zeno, who founded a sect. He taught that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to the unavoidable necessity by which all things are governed.
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.
A Stoic of the woods, a man without a tear. Campbell. School of Stoics. See The Porch, under Porch. 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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