STOICS
A sect of philosophers from Greece, founded by Zeno of Citium (Cyprus).
The name “Stoics” comes from “Stoa”, the porch in Athens where the philosopher met with his disciples.
He taught that there was one Supreme Being, but that there were many subordinate gods, and that man had powers similar to the gods. They were to be guided by the intellect, and no consideration was to be given to bodily pleasures or sufferings.
The fundamental characteristics of the Stoics were pantheism, fatalism, and pride.
There were some of them in the audience Paul addressed in Athens (Acts 17:18).