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		placeholderNam on May 26, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Harvard Classics Book Download Would Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius generally make it onto a complete classics list, or is it because of Stoicism's recent resurgence in popularity?

Finnucane on May 26, 2018 | [–]

I guess it depends on how 'complete' a list you're looking for, but the Loeb Classics library included Aurelius in 1916 and Epictetus in 1925. They were not in any way forgotten or thought of as minor.

Sangermaine on May 26, 2018 | [–]

The Harvard Classics anthology was compiled in 1909.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Classics

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