Proponent of a school of thought, from in 300 BCE up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, that one can be free of suffering
someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer"
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seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer"
approval Stoic means the same as stoical. The kids of Kobe try to be as stoic as their parents in this tragic situation
A school of thought founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium (336-263 BCE) Stoics taught that divine wisdom (logos) permeated the universe as an ordering principle Knowledge of this wisdom leads to harmony with nature Enduring hardship was seen as a test of character Stoic or stoic-like elements are to be found in several Old and New Testament works
a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"
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
approval If you say that someone is a stoic, you approve of them because they do not complain or show they are upset in bad situations. someone who does not show their emotions and does not complain when bad things happen to them (Stoic (14-21 centuries), from , from stoikos, from Stoa (Poikile) , where Zeno taught in Athens)
a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny" someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer" pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
approval If you say that someone behaves in a stoical way, you approve of them because they do not complain or show they are upset in bad situations. She never ceased to admire the stoical courage of those in Northern Ireland + stoically stoi·cal·ly She put up with it all stoically. not showing emotion or not complaining when bad things happen to you
() From Latin stoicus, from Ancient Greek Στωϊκός (stōikos), from ποικίλη στοά (poikilē stoa, “painted portico”), the portico in Athens where Zeno was teaching.