Book IX.41
Quoting Epicurus on bearing illness without complaint — using a rival school against itself.
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From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Marcus repeatedly stages the disjunction between Stoic providence and Epicurean atomism, conceding the ethical practice holds either way; he also cites Epicurus approvingly on endurance.
Book VII.32
Of death: either dispersion (atoms) or transformation — equanimity either way.
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Ten-point regimen for dealing with anger, drawing eclectically on Stoic doctrine.
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Either providence or atoms — but in either case the same ethical conclusions follow.
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