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Summary Gaius Musonius Rufus was a Roman Stoic active in the first century AD.
Key works Musonius's Diatribes were recorded by one of his pupils, Lucius. They are edited in Hense 1905.
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  1. Review of Brad Inwood, Later Stoicism 155 BC to AD 200: An Introduction and Collection of Sources in Translation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Pp. 583. $170 (Hardback). ISBN: 9781107029798. [REVIEW]Vanessa de Harven - forthcoming - Ancient Philosophy 44:1-6.
  2. Epictetus on Beastly Vices and Animal Virtues.William Stephens - April 2014 - In Dane R. Gordon & David B. Suits (eds.), Epictetus: His Continuing Influence and Contemporary Relevance. Rochester, NY, USA: Rochester Institute of Technology Press. pp. 207–239.
    It is curious that the imperial Stoics, following a precedent of Diogenes the Cynic, employ so many wide-ranging examples of animal behavior. For example, what are we to make of the rigid dichotomy Seneca and Epictetus draw between rational and nonrational beings in relation to the diverse comparisons they make between human virtues and vices on the one hand and animal excellences and "bestial'behaviors on the other? Why are the most potent, diverse, and philosophically significant animal exempla found in Seneca (...)
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  3. Musonius Rufus, Cleanthes, and the Stoic Community at Rome.Benjamin Harriman - 2020 - Elenchos: Rivista di Studi Sul Pensiero Antico 41 (1):71-104.
    Surprisingly little attention has been devoted to Musonius Rufus, a noted teacher and philosopher in first–century CE Rome, despite ample evidence for his impact in the period. This paper attempts to situate Musonius in relation to his philosophical predecessors in order to clarify both the contemporary status of the Stoic tradition and the value of engaging with the central figures of that school’s history. I make the case for seeing Cleanthes as a particularly prominent predecessor for Musonius and reaffirm the (...)
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  4. Stoïcisme et lien social: enquête autour de Musonius Rufus.Valéry Laurand - 2014 - Paris: Classiques Garnier.
    Musonius problématise la politique stoïcienne de manière originale. Sous la direction du maître, l'individu assimile les principes de la vertu et renoue, dans l'ascèse, avec l'impulsion fondamentale de l'oikeiôsis. Le mariage, modèle de toute relation, fonde la petite comme la grande cité qu'il préfigure.
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  5. Teoría y práctica en Musonio Rufo: Un análisis crítico de las Disertaciones 5 y 6.Rodrigo Sebastián Braicovich - 2013 - Contrastes: Revista Internacional de Filosofía 18 (1):49-68.
    Los objetivos específicos son los siguientes: (i) reconstruir en forma sistemática la relación entre λόγος y ἔθος/ἄσκησις desarrollada por Musonio Rufo en las Disertaciones 5 y 6; (ii) postular las reflexiones de Aristóteles sobre el problema de la habituación como un marco conceptual relevante para encuadrar el análisis de ambas disertaciones; (iii) analizar las posibles tensiones lógicas entre la concepción de Musonio de ἔθος/ἄσκησις y la concepción intelectualista de la acción humana defendida por la ortodoxia estoica. Sugeriré asimismo que el (...)
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  6. Fragmentos menores de Caio Musônio Rufo Gaius Musonius Rufus - Fragmenta Minora.Aldo Dinucci - 2012 - Trans/Form/Ação 35 (3):267-284.
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  7. Roman Philosophy and the Good Life.Raymond Angelo Belliotti - 2009 - Lexington Books.
    Raymond Angelo Belliotti's Roman Philosophy and the Good Life provides an accessible picture of these major philosophical influences in Rome and details the crucial role they played during times of major social upheaval. Belliotti demonstrates the contemporary relevance of some of the philosophical issues faced by the Romans, and offers ways in which today's society can learn from the Romans in our attempt to create meaningful lives.
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  8. The Roman Stoics: Self, Responsibility, and Affection (review). [REVIEW]Eric Brown - 2007 - Journal of the History of Philosophy 45 (3):490-491.
    Review of Gretchen Reydams-Schils, The Roman Stoics: Self, Responsibility, and Affection. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2005.
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  9. A Rview Of “Musonius Rufus and Education in the Good Life: A Model of Teaching and Living Virtue”.P. Jesse Rine - 2007 - Educational Studies 42 (1):77-81.
    (2007). A Rview Of “Musonius Rufus and Education in the Good Life: A Model of Teaching and Living Virtue”. Educational Studies: Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 77-81.
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  10. Stoic Practical Philosophy in the Imperial Period.John Sellars - 2007 - Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies:115-40.
    An attempt to show the way in which the idea of 'philosophical exercise 'played an important role in the understanding of philosophy in Roman Stoicism.
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  11. Review of Gretchen reydams-schils, The Roman Stoics: Self, Responsibility, and Affection[REVIEW]Charles Brittain - 2006 - Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2006 (7).
  12. The Roman Stoics: Self, Responsibility, and Affection. By Gretchen Reydams-Schils. [REVIEW]William O. Stephens - 2006 - Ancient Philosophy 26 (2):438-443.
    This is a study of Roman adaptations of Stoic doctrine that seeks to portray a model of the self functioning as a mediator between philosophical and traditional values (1). The author’s aim is ‘to let the Roman Stoics’ self arise out of a comprehensive analysis of their extant philosophical work and to conduct that analysis from the vantage point of the specific question of social embeddedness. Such an approach yields a Stoic self that is constituted by the encounter between challenges (...)
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  13. The Roman Stoics: self, responsibility, and affection.Gretchen J. Reydams-Schils - 2005 - Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
    Roman Stoic thinkers in the imperial period adapted Greek doctrine to create a model of the self that served to connect philosophical ideals with traditional societal values. The Roman Stoics-the most prominent being Marcus Aurelius-engaged in rigorous self-examination that enabled them to integrate philosophy into the practice of living. Gretchen Reydams-Schils's innovative new book shows how these Romans applied their distinct brand of social ethics to everyday relations and responsibilities. The Roman Stoics reexamines the philosophical basis that instructed social practice (...)
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  14. Musonius Rufus and Education in the Good Life: A Model of Teaching and Living Virtue.J. T. Dillon - 2004 - Upa.
    Called 'The Roman Socrates,' Musonius Rufus is a first-century Stoic philosopher who was famous for living and teaching the good life of virtue. This book describes his exemplary life, his ethical teachings, and the practical methods he used to educate people in the good life. Based on the ancient texts and modern scholarship, this book is the first comprehensive treatment of Musonius Rufus's life, teachings, and methods.
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  15. The Gender Egalitarianism of Musonius Rufus.David M. Engel - 2000 - Ancient Philosophy 20 (2):377-391.
  16. The Philosophy of Musonius Rufus: A Study of Applied Ethics in the Late Stoa.Joseph Samuel Houser - 1997 - Dissertation, Brown University
    Studies of the Stoic philosopher Musonius Rufus have yielded conflicting opinions about his significance as a thinker. On the one hand, he was the teacher of Epictetus and an adviser to the philosophical opposition to the Roman Principate, and is thought to have enjoyed unusual intellectual and political influence. On the other hand, Musonius' teachings, as his student Lucius presents them, seem to lack the fiery presentation with which he is so often credited, relying as they do upon rhetorical commonplaces (...)
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  17. A History of Ancient Philosophy Iv: The Schools of the Imperial Age.John R. Catan (ed.) - 1989 - State University of New York Press.
    This book covers the first 500 years of the common era. These years witnessed the revivals of Aristotelianism, Epicureanism, Pyrrhonism, Cynicism, and Pythagoreanism; but by far the most important movement was the revival of Platonism under Plotinus. Here, the historical context of Plotinus is provided including the currents of thought that preceded him and opened the path for him. The presuppositions of the Enneads are made explicit and the thought of Plotinus is reconstructed. The author reorients the expositions of Middle (...)
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  18. Musonio, maestro di Epitteto.Renato Laurenti - 1987 - In Wolfgang Haase (ed.), Philosophie, Wissenschaften, Technik. Philosophie. De Gruyter. pp. 2105-2147.
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  19. Musonius Rufus, Entretiens et fragments. [REVIEW]Dominic J. O'Meara - 1985 - Review of Metaphysics 38 (3):640-641.
    A good illustration of the interpretation of ancient philosophy argued for by P. Hadot in the book reviewed above is provided by the Roman Stoic philosopher Musonius Rufus, the teacher of Epictetus. In the present work A. Jagu supplies a rather brief introduction to Musonius, a French translation of ancient texts reporting Musonius' views, and comprehensive indices. The translation is accurate and reads well. Jagu's notes on the texts are copious, showing Musonius' orthodoxy by referring to the early Stoics and (...)
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  20. Gaio Rufo Musonio e lo stoicismo romano.Sante Guidotti - 1976 - Bolsena: Libreria Antonini. Edited by C. Musonius Rufus.
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  21. A Textual Emendation In A Fragment Of Musonius Rufus: A Note on Contraception.Keith Hopkins - 1965 - Classical Quarterly 15 (1):72-74.
    IN the fourth book of Stobaeus’ Anthologium, in a section entitled, ‘The Virtue of Having Children’, there is preserved a passage from the writings of the first-century Roman knight and Stoic, Musonius Rufus. This passage is headed: ‘Whether all children born should be raised’.
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  22. Musonius Rufus and Greek diatribe.Anton Cornelis van Geytenbeek - 1962 - Assen,: Van Gorcum.
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  23. Epiktet, Teles, Musonius. Wege zum glücklichen Leben. Eingeleitet und übertragen von Wilhelm Capelle. [REVIEW]H. Gauss - 1950 - Studia Philosophica 10:166.
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  24. A Fragment of Musonius.G. D. Kilpatrick - 1949 - The Classical Review 63 (3-4):94-.
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  25. Roman Stoicism.Edward Vernon Arnold - 1911 - Freeport, N.Y.,: Books for Libraries Press.
    _Roman Stoicism_, first published in 1911, offers an authoritative introduction to this fascinating chapter in the history of Western philosophy, which throughout the 20 th century has been rediscovered and rehabilitated among philosophers, theologians and intellectual historians. Stoicism played a significant part in Roman history via the public figures who were its adherents ; and, as it became more widely accepted, it assumed the features of a religion. The Stoic approach to physics, the universe, divine providence, ethics, law and humanity (...)
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  26. Ad Musonium Rufum.A. J. Kronenberg - 1906 - The Classical Review 20 (08):394-395.
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  27. C. Musonii Rufi Reliquiae.O. Hense - 1905 - Teubner.
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  28. Musonius and Simplicius.John E. B. Mayor - 1903 - The Classical Review 17 (01):23-24.
  29. Diogenes's Sayings and Anecdotes: With Other Popular Moralists: An Introduction to Cynicism and Cynic philosophy.Irfan Ajvazi - manuscript
    Cynicism is a unique philosophy. You could even say that they took their principles a little too far, perhaps. Diogenes' core idea was that Man should live in accordance with nature, as simply as possible. He along with his students were missionaries of a sort, traveling city-to-city preaching about the life of simplicity. To Diogenes, material things like money and lavish accessories corrupted nature. Not only did he despise concrete things, but he also disapproved of social conventions. Like every philosopher (...)
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