books.google.co.uk - One of the most popular of the Hellenistic schools of philosophy in antiquity, Stoicism flourished for some five hundred years and has remained a constant presence throughout the history of Western philosophy. Its doctrines appealed to people from all strata of ancient society-from the slave Epictetus...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Stoicism.html?id=5X-46TqjDv0C&q=appropriate+actions&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareStoicism