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Xanthippe

also: Xanthippe

The wife of Socrates, proverbial in antiquity for her sharp temper. Cicero cites her testimony that Socrates wore the same calm expression leaving and returning home, as proof of his unchanging serenity of mind.

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Tusculan Disputations philosophy · 2 mentions

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