Cleanthes, of Assos, was a Greek Stoic philosopher and boxer who was the successor to Zeno of Citium as the second head of the Stoic school in Athens. Originally a boxer, he came to Athens where he took up philosophy, listening to Zeno's lectures..
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279 BC - 206 BC
Behram, Türkiye
"You shouldn’t think that <I> am the first of our school to speak independently of established doctrine and to form my own opinion; Cleanthes and his student Chrysippus did not agree on what walking is. Cleanthes says that it is the pneuma extended from the leading part of the soul all the way to the feet, while Chrysippus says that it is theleading part of the soul itself. So why shouldn’t one follow the example of Chrysippus himself and speak for oneself, ridiculing the view that those goods are anima"
Book & Page: Seneca pdf p.62
#Quotes"You shouldn’t think that <I> am the first of our school to speak independently of established doctrine and to form my own opinion; Cleanthes and his student Chrysippus did not agree on what walking is. Cleanthes says that it is the pneuma extended from the leading part of the soul all the way to the feet, while Chrysippus says that it is theleading part of the soul itself. So why shouldn’t one follow the example of Chrysippus himself and speak for oneself, ridiculing the view that those goods are anima"
Book & Page: Seneca pdf p.62
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