Aristo of Chios
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Aristo of Chios was an ancient Greek Stoic philosopher known for his radical emphasis on ethics over logic and physics and for advocating indifference to most external matters.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aristo of Chios canonical | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Stoic philosopher
ⓘ
ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ person ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Cleanthes of Assos
ⓘ
Zeno of Citium ⓘ |
| doctrine |
all externals are indifferent
ⓘ
only vice is genuinely bad ⓘ only virtue is genuinely good ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| floruit | 3rd century BC ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | later radical ethical strands within Stoicism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cynic philosophy
ⓘ
Zeno of Citium ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of indifference to most external matters
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downgrading logic and physics in philosophy ⓘ radical emphasis on ethics ⓘ |
| knownFrom | testimonia in later authors ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Stoicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Stoic school
|
| movement | Stoicism ⓘ |
| nationality | Greek ⓘ |
| occupation | philosopher ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus | ethics ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Stoicism ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chios ⓘ |
| positionOnLogic | rejected detailed study of logic as unnecessary ⓘ |
| positionOnPhysics | rejected detailed study of physics as unnecessary ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Hellenistic period
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surface form:
Hellenistic Greece
|
| sourceOfInformation |
Cicero
ⓘ
Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers ⓘ
surface form:
Diogenes Laertius
other later doxographical writers ⓘ |
| studentOf | Zeno of Citium ⓘ |
| viewOnEthicalKnowledge | held that ethical insight is primary in philosophy ⓘ |
| viewOnExternalGoods | held that external goods have no value at all ⓘ |
| viewOnHappiness | identified happiness with virtuous activity ⓘ |
| viewOnPhilosophicalDivisions | reduced philosophy essentially to ethics ⓘ |
| viewOnPreferredIndifferents | rejected distinction between preferred and dispreferred indifferents ⓘ |
| viewOnVirtue | held that virtue alone suffices for happiness ⓘ |
| worksStatus | lost ⓘ |
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