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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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
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
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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Zeno of Citium notableStudent Aristo of Chios