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The Stoics of Tarsus (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Education and transmission of knowledge 11 Language, communication, libraries and education 11.05 Education and transmission of knowledge Higher education 11 Language, communication, libraries and education 11.05 Education and transmission of knowledge 11.05.03 Higher education	Keywords Stoicism Tarsus
Period 1st century CE Roman Empire	Channel Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

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Strabo 14.5.13:
They [the Stoics of Tarsus] have surpassed Alexandria and Athens … as seats of learning and philosophical studies … Here all students are natives … They have schools for all kinds of literary culture.

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Strabo 14.5.13

Simo Parpola

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