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| Acknowledgments |
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| 1 The Man, the Emperor, the Thinker |
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Judging a Book by Its Title |
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The Family and Boyhood of "Truest" |
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3 | (7) |
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10 | (8) |
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18 | (11) |
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29 | (6) |
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35 | (4) |
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39 | (3) |
| 2 The Influence of Heraclitus and Epictetus |
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42 | (29) |
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43 | (16) |
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44 | (4) |
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Sleeping, waking, remembering |
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48 | (4) |
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52 | (4) |
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56 | (1) |
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Flux, fire, and fortitude |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (12) |
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Plato's Socrates as a Stoic hero |
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59 | (3) |
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Mighty mind and beastly body |
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62 | (4) |
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66 | (2) |
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68 | (3) |
| 3 Wholes and Parts |
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71 | (30) |
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71 | (3) |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (7) |
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Death Harmlessly Transforms |
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83 | (6) |
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89 | (6) |
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95 | (2) |
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What, Then, is the Good of the Individual Citizen? |
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97 | (4) |
| 4 Time, Transience, and Eternity |
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101 | (24) |
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The Rushing River of Existence |
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101 | (6) |
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All that Happens Happened Before |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (4) |
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113 | (5) |
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You Can't Lose What You Don't Have |
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118 | (7) |
| 5 Virtues, Vices, and Junk |
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Determine its Nature, Substance, Cause, Purpose, And Duration |
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125 | (1) |
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Stupid, Paltry, Decaying, Putrid, Filthy, Vile, Contemptible, Worthless Junk |
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126 | (4) |
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130 | (4) |
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What in Us Should We Prize? |
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134 | (2) |
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136 | (5) |
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Goodness is Your Job: Perfect Your Character |
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141 | (3) |
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Justice and Reverence, Injustice and Blasphemy |
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144 | (6) |
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The Self-cleaning Spring and the All-consuming Fire |
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150 | (3) |
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153 | (6) |
| Epilogue: The Soul of a Stoic |
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159 | (2) |
| Appendix: Marcus, Maximus, and Stoicism in Gladiator (2000) |
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161 | (10) |
| Notes |
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171 | (5) |
| Glossary |
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176 | (8) |
| Further Reading |
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184 | (1) |
| Subject Index |
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185 | (4) |
| Name Index |
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