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Hierocles

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Hierocles (Greek: Ίεροκλῆς; fl. 2nd century) was a Stoic philosopher. Nothing is known about his life. Aulus Gellius mentions him as one of his contemporaries, and describes him as a "grave and holy man"

Hierocles is famous for a book called Elements of Ethics, (Greek: Ήθικὴ στοιχείωσις), part of which was discovered as a papyrus fragment at Hermopolis in 1901. This 300 line fragment discusses self-perception, and argues that all birds, reptiles, and mammals from the moment of birth perceive themselves continuously and that self-perception is both the primary and the most basic faculty of animals.[2] The argument draws heavily on a Stoic concept known as self-ownership or oikeiôsis (Greek: οἰκείωσις) which was based on the view that all anim ...more

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	Philogelos (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana) (Ancient Greek Edition) 3.53 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 350 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stoic Six Pack 2 (Illustrated): Consolations From A Stoic, On The Shortness of Life and More by Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Musonius Rufus 4.07 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ethical Fragments by Hierocles of Alexandria, Hierocles 3.68 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hieroclis In Aurea Carmina Commentarius (1742) (Latin Edition) by Hierocles of Alexandria, Hierocles 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hierokleous philosophou Asteia, ois prosetethesan brakheiai sameioseis , kai tina ton Italikon neo 1812 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	“Collector’s Edition” In aureos versus Pythagorae opusculum (Tr: Joannes Aurispa) 1474 [Premium Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	HIEROCLES UPON THE GOLDEN VERSES OF THE PYTHAGOREANS 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Éléments d’éthique: Textes fondamentaux du stoïcisme (Bibliothèque stoïcienne) by Hierocles, Zola Ntondo (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Philogelos: Version bilingue by Philagrios, Hierocles, Christophe Noël (translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Synecdemus: Accedunt Fragmenta Apud Constantinum Porphyrogennetum Servata Et Nomina Urbium Mutata by Hierocles of Byzantine, Hierocles 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 530 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We ought always to deal justly, not only with those who are just to us, but likewise to those who endeavor to injure us; and this, for fear lest by rendering them evil for evil, we should fall into the same vice.”
― Hierocles

tags: ethics, justice, morality

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“Evils proceed from vice alone.”
― Hierocles

tags: philosophy

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“He who intended to introduce a new law, should do it with a rope about his neck, in order that he might be immediately strangled, unless he could change the ancient constitution of the polity, to the very great advantage of the community.”
― Hierocles

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