Stoicism

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Hellenistic philosophy Roman philosophy ancient Greek philosophy ethical theory philosophical school

Stoicism is an ancient Greek and Roman philosophical school that teaches cultivating virtue, rationality, and inner resilience to achieve tranquility amid life's hardships.

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Label	Occurrences
Stoicism canonical	125
Stoic school	8
Stoic philosophy	6
Roman Stoicism	5
Stoic ethics	2
Stoics	2
Greco-Roman Stoicism	1
Roman Stoics	1
Stoic school of philosophy	1
Stoic theology	1
Stoic tradition	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T104214 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Stoicism
Context triple: [Baruch Spinoza, influencedBy, Stoicism]

A. Plato
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, whose dialogues and ideas laid the foundations of Western philosophy.
B. Socrates
Socrates was a classical Athenian philosopher renowned as a founder of Western philosophy, known for his method of questioning and his trial and execution in Athens.
C. Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
D. Jainism
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as the path to spiritual liberation.
E. Buddhism
Buddhism is a major world religion and philosophical tradition founded on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), emphasizing the Four Noble Truths and the path to enlightenment.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Stoicism
Target entity description: Stoicism is an ancient Greek and Roman philosophical school that teaches cultivating virtue, rationality, and inner resilience to achieve tranquility amid life's hardships.

A. Plato
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, whose dialogues and ideas laid the foundations of Western philosophy.
B. Socrates
Socrates was a classical Athenian philosopher renowned as a founder of Western philosophy, known for his method of questioning and his trial and execution in Athens.
C. Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
D. Jainism
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as the path to spiritual liberation.
E. Buddhism
Buddhism is a major world religion and philosophical tradition founded on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), emphasizing the Four Noble Truths and the path to enlightenment.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ Roman philosophy ⓘ ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ ethical theory ⓘ philosophical school ⓘ
aimsAt	eudaimonia ⓘ tranquility ⓘ
centralConcept	apatheia ⓘ logos ⓘ oikeiosis ⓘ preferred indifferents ⓘ prohairesis ⓘ
coreValue	inner resilience ⓘ rationality ⓘ virtue ⓘ
definesEvilAs	vice ⓘ
definesGoodAs	virtue ⓘ
earlyRepresentative	Chrysippus of Soli ⓘ Cleanthes of Assos ⓘ
emergedInCentury	3rd century BCE ⓘ
emphasizesPractice	daily reflection ⓘ journaling ⓘ premeditation of adversity ⓘ view from above ⓘ
ethicalGoal	living virtuously in all circumstances ⓘ
foundedBy	Zeno of Citium ⓘ
hasBranch	ethics ⓘ logic ⓘ physics ⓘ
influenced	Christian moral thought ⓘ Roman imperial ethics ⓘ modern cognitive behavioral therapy ⓘ
middleRepresentative	Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ Posidonius of Apamea ⓘ
originatedIn	Athens ⓘ
regardsAsIndifferent	health ⓘ pain ⓘ pleasure ⓘ reputation ⓘ wealth ⓘ
RomanRepresentative	Epictetus ⓘ Marcus Aurelius ⓘ Seneca the Younger ⓘ
teaches	acceptance of fate ⓘ cultivating virtue as the highest good ⓘ distinguishing what is in our control from what is not ⓘ living in accordance with nature ⓘ using reason to govern emotions ⓘ
viewOnEmotion	emotions should be guided by reason ⓘ
viewOnFate	the universe is ordered by rational providence ⓘ

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Baruch Spinoza → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Socrates → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

Hugo Grotius → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Classical Greek philosophy → hasSchool → Stoicism ⓘ

Cynicism → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

Western philosophy → includesMovement → Stoicism ⓘ

Marcus Aurelius → philosophicalSchool → Stoicism ⓘ

Heraclitus → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

Justin Martyr → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Philo of Alexandria → philosophicalTradition → Stoicism ⓘ

Irving Babbitt → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Plotinus → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Cicero → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Hellenistic religion → interpretedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Hellenistic period → associatedWith → Stoicism ⓘ

4 Maccabees → philosophicalInfluence → Stoicism ⓘ

Cato the Younger → philosophicalSchool → Stoicism ⓘ

Hermeticism → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Empedocles → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

Zeno of Citium → founded → Stoicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stoic school of philosophy

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Zeno of Citium → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Stoicism

Seneca the Younger → philosophicalSchool → Stoicism ⓘ

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Panaetius of Rhodes → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Stoicism

Cleanthes of Assos → philosophicalSchool → Stoicism ⓘ

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Chrysippus of Soli → school → Stoicism ⓘ

Chrysippus of Soli → movement → Stoicism ⓘ

Chrysippus of Soli → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Stoicism

Posidonius of Apamea → movement → Stoicism ⓘ

Epictetus → philosophicalSchool → Stoicism ⓘ

Neoplatonism → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Eleatic school → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

School of Socrates → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

Cynic school → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

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Diogenes of Sinope → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman Stoics

Aristotelianism → opposedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Epicureanism → contrastsWith → Stoicism ⓘ

Megarian school → influenced → Stoicism ⓘ

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Megarian school → relatedSchool → Stoicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stoic school

Meditations → mainSubject → Stoicism ⓘ

Meditations → philosophicalSchool → Stoicism ⓘ

Meditations → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stoic tradition

Giambattista Vico → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Middle Platonism → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Simone Weil → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

Upheavals of Thought → influencedBy → Stoicism ⓘ

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