# The treatise is an Epicurean work, perhaps by Philodemus, that discusses Stoic views and names Stoics in…

> Still possible: The treatise is an Epicurean work, perhaps by Philodemus, that discusses Stoic views and names Stoics in order to answer them.

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# The treatise is an Epicurean work, perhaps by Philodemus, that discusses Stoic views and names Stoics in…

The treatise is an Epicurean work, perhaps by Philodemus, that discusses Stoic views and names Stoics in order to answer them.

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## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Surrounding passages show critical or doxographical framing of the Stoic material.

## What would rule it out

- The text argues Stoic positions in its own voice throughout.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[The library's opened rolls include Philodemus's works that discuss and criticise other schools.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/evidence/EVD0D3684H26HDH/the-librarys-opened-rolls-include-philodemuss-works-that)

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## The questions it answers

[Who wrote the treatise in PHerc. 1667?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/questions/QST0D367W7E3GZG/who-wrote-the-treatise-in-pherc-1667)

Part of [What do the still-sealed rolls contain?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/herculaneum-papyri/questions/QST0D367VZM0NNS/what-do-the-still-sealed-rolls-contain)

Most likelyThe treatise is by another Stoic of the late third or second century BC, possibly in Chrysippus's school

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The treatise is an Epicurean work, perhaps by Philodemus, that discusses Stoic views and names Stoics in… [Answer ANS0D3684983BEF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D3684983BEF
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