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1611:Neoplatonist
1265:Theophrastus
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939:Dionysodorus
896:Thrasymachus
522:Pre-Socratic
398:
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172:indifferent.
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1326:Aenesidemus
1299:Hellenistic
1247:Peripatetic
1165:Clinomachus
1003:Antisthenes
617:Pythagorean
568:Heraclitean
553:Anaximander
470:Seven Sages
190:ἀποκαρτερῶν
101:teachings.
71:philosopher
1748:Categories
1681:Simplicius
1646:Iamblichus
1591:Nicomachus
1480:Arcesilaus
1447:Philodemus
1437:Metrodorus
1379:Posidonius
1369:Chrysippus
1308:Pyrrhonist
1232:Xenocrates
1227:Speusippus
1200:Panthoides
1041:Aristippus
944:Euthydemus
881:Protagoras
854:Democritus
817:Empedocles
790:Anaxagoras
741:Parmenides
718:Xenophanes
675:Hermotimus
625:Pythagoras
576:Heraclitus
558:Anaximenes
460:Pherecydes
455:Epimenides
380:(254): 78.
317:References
198:Alexandria
152:eudaimonia
148:Aristippus
136:Philosophy
126:Aristippus
118:Epitimedes
114:Paraebates
95:Alexandria
75:eudaimonia
1714:Favorinus
1676:Damascius
1518:Antiochus
1485:Carneades
1452:Lucretius
1424:Epicurean
1399:Epictetus
1374:Panaetius
1364:Cleanthes
1255:Aristotle
1180:Dionysius
1175:Euphantus
1127:Eubulides
1089:Menedemus
1061:Anniceris
967:Classical
934:Lycophron
929:Callicles
849:Leucippus
827:Pausanias
795:Archelaus
774:Pluralist
670:Calliphon
655:Brontinus
635:Philolaus
503:Cleobulus
498:Periander
392:Cicero's
294:, § 93–96
235:Citations
142:Cyrenaics
130:Anniceris
30:Ruins of
1661:Syrianus
1641:Porphyry
1629:students
1624:Plotinus
1548:Alcinous
1543:Apuleius
1533:Plutarch
1432:Epicurus
1214:Platonic
1195:Alexinus
1142:Pasicles
1137:Nicarete
1117:Ichthyas
1104:Megarian
1076:Eretrian
1033:Cyrenaic
1018:Menippus
1008:Diogenes
985:Xenophon
979:students
975:Socrates
886:Prodicus
751:Melissus
723:Xeniades
685:Arignote
650:Alcmaeon
645:Lamiskos
640:Archytas
630:Hippasus
594:Diogenes
581:Cratylus
540:Milesian
488:Pittacus
374:"INALCO"
351:(1925).
303:Cicero,
208:See also
99:Buddhist
68:Cyrenaic
43:Hegesias
1729:more...
1686:more...
1666:Proclus
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924:Gorgias
916:Italian
906:more...
891:Hippias
864:Sophist
841:Atomist
809:Italian
733:Eleatic
710:Skeptic
700:more...
695:Eurytus
608:Italian
52:Ἡγησίας
1719:Lucian
1651:Julian
1636:Origen
1495:Cicero
1404:Arrian
1384:Seneca
1316:Pyrrho
1147:Bryson
1132:Stilpo
1013:Crates
873:Ionian
783:Ionian
660:Theano
548:Thales
531:Ionian
508:Chilon
478:Thales
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178:Cicero
87:Cicero
83:sorrow
66:was a
64:Cyrene
32:Cyrene
1553:Galen
1538:Gaius
1351:Stoic
1222:Plato
1190:Philo
995:Cynic
901:Damon
822:Acron
764:Hippo
483:Solon
309:i. 34
230:Notes
186:Greek
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47:Greek
36:Libya
746:Zeno
690:Myia
665:Damo
493:Bias
329:ISBN
268:ISBN
156:sage
105:Life
81:and
79:pain
57:fl.
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