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Zeno of Citium, the founder of stoicism, wrote his own version of The Republic in response to Plato s. The work has not survived, but it depicted a stoic utopia based on the principles of asceticism.

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Fun Fact: Zeno of Citium, the founder of stoicism, wrote his own version of The Republic in response to Plato’s. The work has not survived, but it depicted a stoic utopia based on the principles of asceticism.

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