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Cleanthes

Cleanthes (/kliˈænθiːz/; Ancient Greek: Κλεάνθης; c. 330 BC – c. 230 BC), of Assos, was a Greek Stoic philosopher and boxer who was the successor to Zeno of Citium as the second head (scholarch) of the Stoic school in Athens. Originally a boxer, he came to Athens where he took up philosophy, listening to Zeno's lectures. He supported himself by working…

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Born
c. 330 BC Assos (now Ayvacık, Çanakkale, Turkey)
Died
c. 230 BC Athens
Era
Hellenistic philosophy
Main interests
Physics, ethics
Region
Western philosophy
School
Stoicism

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Modern influence

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Cleanthes

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related to References · 48
Cleanthes → Algra, Aristarco, Being, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Chapter, Chronology, ClarkCleanthes' Hymn, Cleanthes' Hymn, Constable, Cultura Classica, Dissertations, Dorandi, Ellery, Encheiridion, Epictetus, Epicurean, Fabrizio Serra Editore, Fragments, George William Joseph
related to Further reading · 30
Cleanthes → Apostle, Cleanthes' Hymn, Commentary, David, Delft, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Eburon, English, Fragments, Greek/Latin, Hanselman, Holiday, Hume, Including, ISBN, Lives, Mohr Siebeck, New York, Pearson, Portfolio/Penguin
related to Life · 27
Cleanthes → According, Among, Antigonus II Gonatas, Areopagus, As, Ass, Assos, Athens, BC, Chrysippus, Crates, Cynic, Diogenes Laërtius, Greek, He, His, In, Phanias, Stoic, Subsequently
related to External links · 14
Cleanthes → Arnim Project, Bibliography, Christian Vassallo, Dir, Encyclopædia Britannica, Hellenistic Bibliography, Internet ArchiveWorks, LibriVox, Martine Cuypers, The New, Trinity College Dublin, Turin, University, Works
related to Physics · 11
Cleanthes → Aristarchus, Earth, He, Hymn, Some, Stobaeus, Stoic, Sun, The, Thus, Zeus
related to Ethics · 10
Cleanthes → For Cleanthes, He, If, It, People, Stoic, The, This, Universal Nature, Zeno
related to Philosophy · 8
Cleanthes → Cicero, Diogenes Laërtius, He, Plutarch, Seneca, Stobaeus, Stoic, Stoicism
related to Modern influence · 7
Cleanthes → Ariel, David Hume's Dialogues Concerning, God, José Enrique Rodó's, Most, Natural Religion, Zeno
Born · 1
Cleanthes → c. 330 BC Assos (now Ayvacık, Çanakkale, Turkey)
Died · 1
Cleanthes → c. 230 BC Athens

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Plutarch.PhysicsCleanthes revolutionized Stoic physics by the theory of tensioninstance ofpreserved by writers0.80text

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