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4.
Seneca, “On Anger,” II.14.

5.
Seneca, “On Anger,” II.22, III.31.

6.
Seneca, “On Anger,” II.25, III.35, II.25.

7.
Seneca, “On Anger,” III.28, III.27.

8.
Seneca, “On Anger,” III.33.

9.
Marcus, IV.32.

10.
Seneca, “On Anger,” III.26, III.13.

11.
Bodhi, 32, 69.

12.
Seneca, “On Anger,” III.42–43.

1.
Epictetus,
Handbook
, 25.

2.
Epictetus,
Handbook
, 23, 14.

3.
Epictetus,
Handbook
, 50, 48.

4.
Marcus, XII.4, III.4, VIII.1, IV.18.

5.
Marcus, XI.13.

6.
Marcus, IV.33, IV.19, VI.18, VIII.44.

7.
Plutarch, “Cato the Younger,” VI.3.

1.
Irvine, 31–43.

2.
Seneca, “To Helvia,” X.6, X.10.

3.
Musonius,
Lectures
, 17.5.

4.
Epictetus,
Handbook
, 12.

5.
Epictetus, “Discourses,” IV.ix.2–3.

6.
Musonius,
Sayings
, 50.

7.
Musonius,
Lectures
, 18A.5.

8.
No, I did not make this meal up; at the time of this writing, it could have been ordered at a famous restaurant in Beverly Hills.

9.
Musonius,
Lectures
, 18A.2–3, 18B.5.

10.
Musonius,
Lectures
, 18A.6, 18B.3.

11.
Musonius,
Lectures
, 19.5, 20.3.

12.
Seneca,
Ad Lucilium
, XVI.8–9.

13.
Seneca,
Ad Lucilium
, XC.19.

14.
Musonius,
Lectures
, 20.5, 20.7.

15.
Seneca,
Ad Lucilium
, XC.16.

16.
Seneca, “On Tranquillity,” VIII.9, IX.2–3.

17.
Seneca,
Ad Lucilium
, V.5.

18.
Epictetus,
Handbook
, 33, 39.

19.
Epictetus,
Handbook
, 24, 44.

20.
Seneca,
Ad Lucilium
, CVIII.11.

21.
Lao Tzu, XXXIII.

22.
Seneca,
Ad Lucilium
, V.5.

23.
Seneca, “On the Happy Life,” XXIII.1, XX.3, XXVI.1.

24.
Carus, 72–74.

1.
Tacitus, 16.21.

2.
Epictetus, “Discourses,” I.i.31–32.

3.
Seneca, “To Helvia,” V.6, VI.1, VI.4.

4.
Seneca, “To Helvia,” VIII.3, XI.5.

5.
Musonius,
Lectures
, 9.10.

6.
Musonius,
Lectures
, 9.2.

7.
Musonius,
Lectures
, 9.4.

8.
Diogenes Laertius, “Diogenes,” VI.49.

1.
Seneca,
Ad Lucilium
, XII.4–6.

2.
Quoted in Plato,
Republic
, bk. 1.

3.
Seneca,
Ad Lucilium
, XXVI.2.

4.
Seneca,
Ad Lucilium
, XII.9.

5.
Musonius,
Lectures
, 17.3.

1.
Musonius,
Lectures
, 17.4.

2.
Musonius,
Lectures
, 17.4.

3.
Seneca, “On Tranquillity,” XIV.4–10.

4.
Seneca,
Ad Lucilium
, XXVI.6.

5.
Diogenes Laertius, “Zeno,” VII.28, 31; Diogenes Laertius, “Cleanthes,” VII.176.

6.
Musonius,
Sayings
, 28, 35.

7.
Musonius,
Sayings
, 29.

1.
Musonius,
Lectures
, 7.1–2.

2.
Epictetus,
Handbook
, 22.

3.
Epictetus,
Handbook
, 46.

4.
Marcus, IV.49.

5.
Seneca,
Ad Lucilium
, CXXIII.3.

6.
Seneca, “On Tranquillity,” II.4.

7.
Epictetus,
Handbook
, 51.

1.
Lecky, 249.

2.
Lecky, 255.

3.
Clarke, 133.

4.
Marcus, VII.31.

5.
Descartes, 16–17.

6.
Quoted in Richardson, 4.

7.
Richardson, 4.

8.
Thoreau, 172.

9.
Quoted in Richardson, 4.

10.
Richardson, 1.

11.
Nussbaum, 4.

12.
Sommers and Satel, 180.

13.
Furedi, 19.

14.
Furedi, 19.

15.
Furedi, 16.

16.
Sommers and Satel, 136.

17.
Sommers and Satel, 133–34.

18.
Quoted in Sommers and Satel, 133.

19.
Sommers and Satel, 134.

20.
Sommers and Satel, 7.

21.
Seneca,
Ad Lucilium
, LXXVIII.14.

1.
Jeffreys, 9–10, 12.

2.
Jeffreys, 15, 17–18, 39, 230.

3.
Hadot, 83n. 18.

4.
Seneca, “On the Happy Life,” III.2.

1.
Seneca, “On Anger,” II.32.

2.
Seneca, “On Anger,” III.33.

3.
Seneca, “On Tranquillity,” XV.3.

4.
Epictetus,
Handbook
, 48.

5.
Epictetus,
Handbook
, 34.

6.
Seneca,
Ad Lucilium
, LXXVIII.14.

7.
Veyne, 112.

8.
Seneca, “On Firmness,” IX.4.

9.
Seneca,
Ad Lucilium
, XXVI.5.

10.
Seneca,
Ad Lucilium
, XII.4–5.

11.
Seneca, “On Tranquillity,” I.8–9.

12.
Marcus, VII.2.

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