From a531e011336c6df9392925ca0f13f785303ef3d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Quigley Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 18:46:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'act/17/18.md' --- act/17/18.md | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/act/17/18.md b/act/17/18.md index e2f762e933..bef89e0493 100644 --- a/act/17/18.md +++ b/act/17/18.md @@ -4,11 +4,7 @@ Here the words "him," "He, "and "he" refer to Paul. # Epicurean and Stoic philosophers -These people believed all things were formed by chance and that the gods were too busy being happy to be bothered with governing the universe. They rejected the resurrection and wanted only simple pleasures. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]]) - -# Stoic philosophers - -These people believed freedom comes from resigning oneself to fate. They rejected a personal loving God and the resurrection. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]]) +Philosophers are people who think about the world and try to understand how people should live. The Epicureans and the Stoics were two groups of philosophers. They believed that a god or gods existed, but they did not trust in or obey any god. Alternate translation: "thinkers called Epicureans and Stoics" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]]) # encountered him