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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78209" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78209" /> == | ||
<p> An eminent Stoic philosopher, born in Syria; established himself in Rhodes, where he rose to eminence; was visited by Cicero and Pompey, both of whom became his pupils; maintained that pain was no evil; "in vain, [[O]] Pain," he exclaimed one day under the pangs of it, "in vain thou subjectest me to torture; it is not in thee to extort from me the reproach that thou art an evil" (135-34 | <p> An eminent Stoic philosopher, born in Syria; established himself in Rhodes, where he rose to eminence; was visited by Cicero and Pompey, both of whom became his pupils; maintained that pain was no evil; "in vain, [[O]] Pain," he exclaimed one day under the pangs of it, "in vain thou subjectest me to torture; it is not in thee to extort from me the reproach that thou art an evil" (135-34 B.C.). </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56642" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56642" /> == | ||
