On Progress : Against Stoicism
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How to make progress, and know it. Featuring a few of Plutarch's critiques of some Stoics of his day - whether fairly or unfairly, you can decide.
Also featuring: Diogenes the Cynic, Aeschylus the Poet, Brasidas the Spartan Commander.
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