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IPA transcription: [s'toʊə,sɪzəm]
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Noun
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an indifference to pleasure or pain
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(philosophy) the philosophical system of the Stoics following the teachings of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno
Usage examples
- So defined, Socratic intellectualism became a key philosophic doctrine of Stoicism.
- Zeno of Citium in turn adapted the ethics of Cynicism to articulate Stoicism.
- The Stoa was the location from which Zeno of Citium taught Stoicism.
- Historians have also studied his neo-Stoicism and his ideas about virtue, prudence, and discipline.