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Ideas of Panaetius, by Text

[Greek, 185 - 109 BCE, Born on the island of Rhodes. Head of the Stoic school in Athens.]

145BCE fragments/reports
p.93 Souls are born, since they are sensitive and inherited, so they must perish [Cicero]
p.362 We must choose in which of the virtues we wish to excel
p.362 Panaetius said we should live according to our natural starting-points [Asmis]
p.362 Panaetius identified courage with great-mindedness, preferring civic courage to military [Asmis]