How Socratic were the Stoics?

And should we all be studying the Socratic dialogues as well, if we’re really into Stoicism?

We can’t say for sure, IMHO, how “Socratic” ancient Stoicism was. Only roughly 1% of the ancient Stoic literature that once existed survives today and most of it comes from the late, Imperial period, i.e., Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius. Moreover, there appear to have been distinct sects of Stoicism, which probably looked up to different figures. (Clearly, e.g., Seneca and Epictetus approach Stoicism in different ways, but we’re also told the Stoics divided into different branches.)

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