![]() ![]() Pforta, Naumburg, 1908) reverts to Democritus and Panaetius, with particular emphasis on the material illustrative of Panaetius's lost work to be found in Cicero's De Officiis and in Seneca: Panaetius, who was following, not the Stoa, but Democritus, is the principal source of Plutarch, practically his only source. Finally, G. Siefert 6 ( Plutarchs Schrift Περὶ εὐθυμίης, Progr. ![]() P164 other hand, found that the source of the essay was Epicurean, 5 while admitting that Plutarch added a certain amount of original material to fit the personality and circumstances of the friend he was addressing. R. Heinze ( Rheinisches Museum, XLV.497 ff.) emphasized the relation between De Tranquillitate and De Virtute et Vitio: both go back to a Stoic 2 prototype and De Tranquillitate to a model which has some close relation to the Cynic Bion's methods of presentation, that is, probably, to Ariston of Chios. 3 M. Pohlenz 4 ( Hermes, XL.275 ff.), on the R. Hirzel ( Hermes, XIV.354 ff., especially 373 ff.) attempted to show that much was drawn from Democritus's Περὶ εὐθυμίης, some by way of the Stoic Panaetius, who, he thought, naturally opposed the Abderite's conclusions. It is only natural that this essay should have aroused curiosity and speculation about its sources, for Plutarch in the very first paragraph conveys the information that he has rummaged among his note-books ( ὑπομνήματα) 1 in great haste for the material necessary to help his friend Paccius to composure in the midst of a busy life. ![]()
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