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en-wikipedia-org-6145		Panaetius - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2593	408	67	Panaetius, son of Nicagoras, was born around 185-180 BC,[2] into an old and eminent Rhodian family.[3] He is said to have been a pupil of the linguist Crates of Mallus,[4] who taught in Pergamum, and moved to Athens where he attended the lectures of Critolaus and Carneades, but attached himself principally to the Stoic Diogenes of Babylon and his disciple Antipater of Tarsus.[5] Although it is often thought that he was chosen by the people of Lindos, on Rhodes, to be the priest of Poseidon Hippios, this was actually an honour bestowed upon his grandfather, who was also called Panaetius, son of Nicagoras[6][7] Panaetius also wrote treatises concerning On Cheerfulness;[38] on the Magistrates;[39] On Providence;[40] On Divination;[19] a political treatise used by Cicero in his De Republica; and a letter to Quintus Aelius Tubero.[41] His work On Philosophical Schools[42] appears to have been rich in facts and critical remarks, and the notices which we have about Socrates, and on the books of Plato and others of the Socratic school, given on the authority of Panaetius, were probably taken from that work.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6145.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6145.txt