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Stoa

A covered colonnade in ancient Greek and Roman cities, flanking the agora (an open market and meeting place); either one- or two-storied, with an open front and shops or offices built into the rear wall.
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stoa

A portico, usually detached, often of considerable extent, providing a sheltered promenade or meeting place.
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Someone like Seneca may fall under several headings, as he put forth the arguments of the Late Stoa: slavery, to the Stoic, was accepted but at base irrelevant, that is, "legal" slavery was irrelevant to the wise or good man, though "moral" slavery was evil and destructive.
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