stoicism
1Stoicism — Stoicism, a school of Hellenistic philosophy, was founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early third century BC. It concerns the active relationship between cosmic determinism and human freedom, and the belief that it is virtuous to maintain… …
2STOICISM — STOICISM, one of the influential post Socratic philosophies of antiquity, founded by the Hellenized Phoenician Zeno (335–263 B.C.E.). It was popular with Roman jurists and became a major ingredient in Greco Roman rhetorical culture. As such it… …
3stoicism — STOICÍSM s.n. 1. Curent filozofic în Grecia şi Roma antică, care conţinea elemente materialiste în ceea ce priveşte problema cunoaşterii şi care în domeniul eticii susţinea că oamenii trebuie să trăiască potrivit raţiunii, să renunţe la pasiuni… …
4Stoicism — Sto i*cism, n. [Cf. F. sto[ i]cisme.] 1. The opinions and maxims of the Stoics. [1913 Webster] 2. A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness. [1913 Webster] …
5stoicism — index continence, discipline (obedience), longanimity, resignation (passive acceptance), sufferance, tolerance Burton s Legal Thesaur …
6stoicism — 1620s, from Mod.L. stoicismus, from L. stoicus (see STOIC (Cf. stoic)) …
7stoicism — *impassivity, phlegm, apathy, stolidity (see under IMPASSIVE) Analogous words: *fortitude, grit, backbone, pluck, guts, sand: detachment, aloofness, indifference, unconcernedness or unconcern (see corresponding adjectives at INDIFFERENT) …
8Stoicism — [stō′i siz΄əm] n. 1. the philosophical system of the Stoics 2. [s ] indifference to pleasure or pain; stoical behavior; impassivity SYN. PATIENCE …
9Stoicism — /stoh euh siz euhm/, n. 1. a systematic philosophy, dating from around 300 B.C., that held the principles of logical thought to reflect a cosmic reason instantiated in nature. 2. (l.c.) conduct conforming to the precepts of the Stoics, as… …
10Stoicism — Stoicism1 Brad Inwood 1 FROM SOCRATES TO ZENO More than eighty years passed between the death of Socrates in 399 BC and the arrival in Athens of Zeno in 312. Athenian society had undergone enormous upheavals, both political and social. The Greek… …
