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en-wikipedia-org-6218		Paradoxa Stoicorum - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1852	304	69	The Paradoxa Stoicorum (English: Stoic Paradoxes) is a work by the Academic Skeptic philosopher Cicero in which he attempts to explain six famous Stoic sayings that appear to go against common understanding: (1) virtue is the sole good; (2) virtue is the sole requisite for happiness; (3) all good deeds are Cicero states his intention is to make a version of an original Greek work in a language appropriate for the mode of the Forum.[3] He defends the paradoxes with popular arguments, sometimes hardly more than a play upon words, and illustrates them with anecdotes from history.[4] It is thought that he did not regard these essays as serious works of philosophy, but rather as rhetorical exercises.[4][5] Elsewhere Cicero criticizes these paradoxes: especially De Finibus iv. The earliest manuscript dates are from the 9th century.[6] The Paradoxa Stoicorum is notable for being one of the first printed books.[6] In 1465 Johann Fust and Peter Schöffer printed the work together with Cicero's de Officiis having taken control of the Gutenberg press at Mainz.[6]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6218.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6218.txt