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 'Pilgrimage number three, to Egypt, to see **Agathobulus**. Here he went through a most interesting course of discipline: shaved half his head bare; anointed his face with mud; grossly exposed himself before a large concourse of spectators, as a practical illustration of "Stoic indifference"; received castigation with a birch rod; administered the same; and mystified the public with a number of still more extravagant follies. Thus prepared, he took ship to Italy, and was scarcely on dry land again when he began abusing everybody, especially the Emperor, on whose indulgence and good nature he knew that he could safely rely. The Emperor, as you may suppose, was not greatly concerned at his invectives; and it was his theory that no one in the garb of philosophy should be called to account for his words, least of all a specialist in scandal. Proteus's reputation throve upon neglect. The crack-brained philosopher became the cynosure of unsophisticated eyes; and he grew at last to be so unbearable that the city prefect judiciously expelled him: "we do not require philosophers of your school," he explained. Even this made for his notoriety: he was in every one's mouth as the philosopher who was banished for being too outspoken, and saying what he thought. He took rank with Musonius, Dion, Epictetus, and others who have been in the same predicament.' 'Pilgrimage number three, to Egypt, to see **Agathobulus**. Here he went through a most interesting course of discipline: shaved half his head bare; anointed his face with mud; grossly exposed himself before a large concourse of spectators, as a practical illustration of "Stoic indifference"; received castigation with a birch rod; administered the same; and mystified the public with a number of still more extravagant follies. Thus prepared, he took ship to Italy, and was scarcely on dry land again when he began abusing everybody, especially the Emperor, on whose indulgence and good nature he knew that he could safely rely. The Emperor, as you may suppose, was not greatly concerned at his invectives; and it was his theory that no one in the garb of philosophy should be called to account for his words, least of all a specialist in scandal. Proteus's reputation throve upon neglect. The crack-brained philosopher became the cynosure of unsophisticated eyes; and he grew at last to be so unbearable that the city prefect judiciously expelled him: "we do not require philosophers of your school," he explained. Even this made for his notoriety: he was in every one's mouth as the philosopher who was banished for being too outspoken, and saying what he thought. He took rank with Musonius, Dion, Epictetus, and others who have been in the same predicament.'
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-[[http://lucianofsamosata.info/TheDeathOfPeregrine.html|Source]]</blockquote>+\\ 
 +Source: The Works of Lucian of Samosata. Translated by Fowler, H W and F G. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. 1905.</blockquote>
  
 ===== Jerome, Chronicle 224th Olympiad ===== ===== Jerome, Chronicle 224th Olympiad =====
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 <blockquote>Plutarch of Chaeronea, Sextus, **Agathabolus**, and Oenomaus are considered notable philosophers. <blockquote>Plutarch of Chaeronea, Sextus, **Agathabolus**, and Oenomaus are considered notable philosophers.
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-[[http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/jerome_chronicle_03_part2.htm|Source]]</blockquote>+\\ 
 +Source: Jerome, Chronicle (2005). http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/jerome_chronicle_03_part2.htm</blockquote>
  
  
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