 | John Oswald - English language - 1836 - 590 pages
...the philosopher Zeno, who taught in a porch in Athens, and founded a sect. He taught that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and...unavoidable necessity by which all things are governed. t Strangury, literally, a discharge of urine by drops ; a difficulty of discharging urine, attended... | |
 | John Oswald - English language - 1854 - 608 pages
...the philosopher Zeno, who taught in a porch in Athens, and founded a sect He taught that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to the unavoida ble necessily by which all things are governed. t Strangles, swellings in a horse's throat.... | |
 | Edward J. Shelton - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 404 pages
...were a sect of philosophers among the ancient Greeks, followers of Zeno, who taught that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without murmuring to the inevitable necessity imposed by Fate. Stoker, stoke-ur. One who attends to '^ fire... | |
 | Titus Mooney Merriman - World history - 1863 - 530 pages
...instructions ma porch, in Greek, called stoa, from which was derived the name stoic. He taught that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and...unavoidable necessity by which all things are governed. He was austere in manners, but his life was an example of moderation and sobriety. He instructed in... | |
 | Charles Eugene Knox - 1864 - 480 pages
...one of the porches of the Forum the Stoics met : those stern, proud men, who taught " that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to the necessity by which all things are governed." In one of the gardens, the Epicureans met — the easy,... | |
 | Richard Stephen Charnock - English language - 1866 - 374 pages
...STOIC (Srojxoe). 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...complaint to the unavoidable necessity by which all things arc governed; from Sraa, a porch in Aihens where Zeno taught. STOIC, STOICAL. Pertaining to the Stoics... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers (Secondary) - 1866 - 568 pages
...dlfclple of the philosopher Zcno. He taught that man rhould be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grK-f, and submit without complaint to the unavoidable necessity by which all things are governed. STOLID, dull ; foolish ; stupid. ST. PAUL'S Crf.Wra/, in London. Its foundations wero laid in 1676,... | |
 | All - 1874 - 422 pages
...were a sect of philosophers among the ancient Greeks, followers of Zeno, who taught that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without murmuring to the inevitable necessity imposed by Fate. Stoker, stoke-ur. One who attends to the firo... | |
 | Titus Mooney Merriman - World history - 1875 - 520 pages
...in a porch, in Greek, called stoa, from which was derived the name stoic. He taught that men should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and...unavoidable necessity by which all things are governed. He was austere in manners, but his life was an example of moderation and sobriety. He instructed in... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1883 - 830 pages
...1. A disciple of the philosopher Zeno, who founded a sect about 303 BC He taught that men should bo free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit...unavoidable necessity by which all things are governed. The Stoics are proverbially known for the sternness and austerity of their ethical doctrines, and for... | |
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Zeno, who 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 seem to be governed. 
