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The Stoic Library

by Gerald Norby

Overview

Search the Stoic classics by topic or look up a passage by reference. Retrieve exact excerpts, named translations, whole letters and chapters, and surrounding context. Follow edition-specific links to read more in The Stoic Library. Search results are candidates for your assistant to evaluate; the tools do not generate philosophical advice or authenticate quotations absent from the indexed corpus.

Tools

get_stoic_passage

ChatGPT
Retrieve exact text by returned passage_id or supported reference (supply exactly one). Examples: Meditations 4.3, Enchiridion 20, Seneca Letter 1 (whole letter), Discourses 1.18 (whole chapter), letters 1/2, discourses 1/18/1 (book/chapter/section). Pass the returned edition_id as translation to preserve wording. Text is paginated at 6000 characters; follow next_offset with the same returned ID and edition until null. Whole units include section boundaries; context applies only to individual sections. Context gives up to two adjacent sections each side, bounded to 1500 characters each; retrieve their IDs for full text. Reading URLs select the returned edition. Returns available notes and source metadata, never invented references.

search_stoic_passages

ChatGPT
Search The Stoic Library for candidate passages by philosophical issue or keywords. Returns up to 15 exact source excerpts with citations, named editions and reading links. These are ungraded candidates; you must select relevant passages or reject all. Use short topic queries without personal identifying details. Not for weather, shopping, general factual searches or personalized advice.

Capabilities

Search Stoic PassagesRead Source Text And Context

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App Stats

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