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Stoic \Sto"ic\, n. [L. stoicus, Gr. ?, fr. ?, adj., literally,
of or pertaining to a colonnade, from ? a roofed colonnade, a
porch, especially, a porch in Athens where Zeno and his
successors taught.]
1. 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.
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2. Hence, a person not easily excited; an apathetic person;
one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to
pleasure or pain.
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A Stoic of the woods, a man without a tear.
--Campbell.
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{School of Stoics}. See {The Porch}, under {Porch}.
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