Cleanthes
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title:
Cleanthes
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Cleanthes, 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 as a water-carrier at night. After the death of Zeno, c. 262 BC, he became the head of the school, a post he held for the next 32 years. Cleanthes successfully preserved and developed Zeno's doctrines. He ori
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3rd-century BC Greek philosopher
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleanthes
date created:
2003-01-19T19:58:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T23:15:05Z
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