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  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Stoics 
  a  sect  of  Greek  philosophers  at  Athens,  so  called  from  the  Greek 
  word  stoa  i.e.,  a  porch"  or  "portico,"  where  they  have  been 
  called  "the  Pharisees  of  Greek  paganism."  The  founder  of  the 
  Stoics  was  Zeno,  who  flourished  about  B.C.  300.  He  taught  his 
  disciples  that  a  man's  happiness  consisted  in  bringing  himself 
  into  harmony  with  the  course  of  the  universe.  They  were  trained 
  to  bear  evils  with  indifference,  and  so  to  be  independent  of 
  externals.  Materialism,  pantheism,  fatalism,  and  pride  were  the 
  leading  features  of  this  philosophy. 
 

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