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Archedemus
Stoic philosopher, cited for his logical works.
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First appearance: i of the things which are in our power and not in our power
Archedemus shows up with force in Against a Person Who Had Once Been Detected in Adultery. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as a philosopher whose works the adulterer claims to understand, yet still acts faithlessly.
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In Against a Person Who Had Once Been Detected in Adultery: Mentioned as a philosopher whose works the adulterer claims to understand, yet still acts faithlessly. Later, in In What a Man Ought to Be Exercised Who Has…
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- Against a Person Who Had Once Been Detected in Adultery
- In What a Man Ought to Be Exercised Who Has Made Proficiency; and That We Neglect the Chief Things
- Against Those Who Readily Come to the Profession of Sophists
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