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Cleanthes

[ klee-an-theez ]

noun

  1. c300–232? b.c., Greek Stoic philosopher.


Cleanthes

/ ɪˈæθː /

noun

  1. Cleanthes?300 bc?232 bcMGreekPHILOSOPHY: philosopher ?300–?232 bc , Greek philosopher: succeeded Zeno as head of the Stoic school
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Alden Cleanthes, the Virginia field organizer who set up the event, said the group chose Presidents Day because most children were off from school.

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Like the earlier Stoics, Cleanthes and Chrysippus, he held that virtue may be taught.

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This is the Zeus of the philosophers, of the Stoics, of Cleanthes: but he was already the Zeus of the ancient poets.

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Chrysippus, however, restricted to the best and noblest souls this future existence, which Cleanthes had awarded to all,205 and among the Roman Stoics even this was greatly doubted.

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To sum up; the end of man's being and his true happiness is what Zeno expressed as "living harmoniously," a statement which Cleanthes developed by adding the words "with Nature."

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