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Yes it was, however, he vehemently denies it.

If you live around the NY are you might be interested researching CUNY,;there is a professor there who is really into Stoicism

Massimo Pigliucci? If so, I have heard of him and I read his blog How to Be a Stoic.

good shit, i havent read anything by him. A friend of mine reccomended him to me