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The Great Philosophers
Marcus Aurelius
121–180 AD
Seneca
c. 4 BC – AD 65
Epictetus
c. 50 – c. 135 AD
Zeno of Citium
334–262 BC
Chrysippus
279–206 BC
Cleanthes
331–232 BC
Cato the Younger
95–46 BC
Musonius Rufus
c. 20–30 – c. 101–102 AD
Posidonius
c. 135–51 BC
Panaetius
c. 185–110 BC
Ryan Holiday
1987–present
Donald Robertson
1970–present
Massimo Pigliucci
1964–present
William Irvine
1952–present
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