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- Greek philosopher who founded the Stoic school, teaching that virtue is necessarily good and that objects of desire are morally ambiguous.
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- noun ancient Greek philosopher who founded the Stoic school (circa 335-263 BC)
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The essentials of Epictetus 'thought derive from the early or foundational period of Stoicism, from the third-century writings of Zeno of Citium, Cleanthes, and Chrysippus.
Epictetus Graver, Margaret 2008
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Antigonus Gonatas was alleged to have been a pupil of Zeno of Citium.
Stoicism Baltzly, Dirk 2008
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Migrating from Cyprus, Zeno of Citium (336264) founded STOICISM, teaching in the Painted Porch (stoa poikile).
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Stoicism is the name of a comprehensive philosophical system inaugurated at Athens by Zeno of Citium in the last years of the fourth century B.C. The system was divided for the purposes of exposition into three subjects: physics, logic, and ethics; but between these there is a fundamental connection which makes
ETHICS OF STOICISM ANTHONY A. LONG 1968
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(Zeno of Citium, Cleanthes, Chrysippus), like the Epicureans, make speculation subordinate to the quest of happiness, and the two schools, in spite of their divergencies, both consider happiness to be ataraxia or absence of sorrow and preoccupation.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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This division, we are told by Diogenes, was made by Zeno of Citium, the founder of the Stoic sect, and by Chrysippus; but these philosophers placed the three divisions in the following order: Logic, Physic, Ethic.
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Zeno of Citium, the founder of the Stoic sect, and by Chrysippus; but these philosophers placed the three divisions in the following order, --
Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius 1839
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Zeno of Citium, the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy, held that the origin of the human race lay at the beginning of the world.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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Zeno of Citium, the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy, held that the origin of the human race lay at the beginning of the world.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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Zeno of Citium, the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy, held that the origin of the human race lay at the beginning of the world.
The Chicago Blog 2009
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