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Were the Stoics Effective Critics of Slavery?
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Were the Stoics Effective Critics of Slavery? The word 'effective' in the title of this paper has two meanings, which have the potential to cause ambiguity. This being, that the definition of 'effective' can have a meaning of, 'having a desired effect' and also, 'having definite effect'. Thus, the question can be restated for clarity as being 'Did the Stoics Have a Desired or Definite Effect as Critics of Slavery?' The issue that these definitions raise is one of perception. The 'having a desired effect' definition is found through attempting to look at what the Stoics themselves desired as 'critics of slavery', whereas the 'having a definite effect' definition is more subjective and involves considering the Stoic effects upon slavery through valued judgements. On the former definition of 'effective' this paper will show the Stoics to have achieved what was desired, which as a consequence will be shown to be...
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