Nero
No. They were philosophers. There were some consuls who were stoics. But this was just their personal philosophy. It had nothing to do with rulership. They did not have any organised structure. They followed the teaching of the leading philosophers.
Otto Rieth has written: 'Grundbegriffe der stoischen Ethik' -- subject- s -: Ancient Philosophy, Stoics
Adriana Alice Norma McCrea has written: 'Constant minds' -- subject(s): Constancy, English Philosophy, Influence, Intellectual life, Philosophy, Philosophy, English, Political science, Stoics, Virtue
Margaret E. Reesor has written: 'The political theory of the Old and Middle Stoa' -- subject(s): Political science, Stoics 'The nature of man in early Stoic philosophy' -- subject(s): Human beings, Philosophical anthropology, Stoics
The Stoics
No, stoics are only indifferent to their own pain and suffering.
Stoicism was a philosophical movement in the Hellenistic period. Stoics believed that emotions such as fear and envy were the result of false judgements, and that a sage would not encounter these problems.
the closest on that comes to mind is Socrates who died in 399BCAnswer:The Stoics, a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early 3rd century BCE were essentially agnostics and were present at the same time as the historic Jesus.. The stoics considered that "virtue is sufficient for happiness". Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, written between 170 and 180 covers many of the Stoic's views. The Roman Empire saw Stoics as being at odds with the Christian faith.
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