Zeno of Citium

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Stoic philosopher ancient Greek philosopher founder of a philosophical school

Zeno of Citium was an ancient Greek philosopher who founded the Stoic school, emphasizing virtue, reason, and living in accordance with nature.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Stoic philosopher ⓘ ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ founder of a philosophical school ⓘ
activeIn	Athens ⓘ
associatedWith	Athens ⓘ Stoa Poikile ⓘ
birthPlace	Citium ⓘ Cyprus ⓘ
coreDoctrine	conformity to nature as moral ideal ⓘ the universe is a rational, ordered whole ⓘ virtue is sufficient for happiness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
era	3rd century BC philosophy ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork	ethics ⓘ logic ⓘ physics (Stoic cosmology) ⓘ
founded	Stoicism ⓘ surface form: Stoic school of philosophy Stoicism ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
influenced	Chrysippus of Soli ⓘ Cleanthes of Assos ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Stoicism later Stoic philosophers ⓘ
influencedBy	Crates of Thebes ⓘ Cynicism ⓘ Megaric school ⓘ Plato ⓘ Socrates ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
moralView	external things are indifferent to happiness ⓘ only moral virtue is truly good ⓘ
name	Zeno of Citium self-link ⓘ
notableIdea	apatheia (freedom from passions) ⓘ living in accordance with nature ⓘ the unity of virtue and reason ⓘ virtue is the only good ⓘ
notableStudent	Aristo of Chios ⓘ Cleanthes of Assos ⓘ Persaeus of Citium ⓘ
occupation	philosopher ⓘ teacher ⓘ
philosophicalDiscipline	ethics of virtue ⓘ rationalism ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ Stoicism ⓘ
taughtAt	Stoa Poikile ⓘ
taughtIn	Athens ⓘ

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Chrysippus of Soli → follows → Zeno of Citium ⓘ

Stoicism → foundedBy → Zeno of Citium ⓘ

Classical Greek philosophy → hasKeyFigure → Zeno of Citium ⓘ

Greek Antiquity → hasNotablePhilosopher → Zeno of Citium ⓘ

Crates of Thebes → hasStudent → Zeno of Citium ⓘ

Antisthenes → influenced → Zeno of Citium ⓘ

Crates of Thebes → influenced → Zeno of Citium ⓘ

Cynic school → influenced → Zeno of Citium ⓘ

Diogenes of Sinope → influenced → Zeno of Citium ⓘ

Chrysippus of Soli → influencedBy → Zeno of Citium ⓘ

Cleanthes of Assos → influencedBy → Zeno of Citium ⓘ

Epictetus → influencedBy → Zeno of Citium ⓘ

Panaetius of Rhodes → influencedBy → Zeno of Citium ⓘ

Zeno of Citium → name → Zeno of Citium self-link ⓘ

Hellenistic period → notableFigure → Zeno of Citium ⓘ

Crates of Thebes → notableStudent → Zeno of Citium ⓘ

Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers → philosophersCovered → Zeno of Citium ⓘ

Cleanthes of Assos → predecessor → Zeno of Citium ⓘ

Cleanthes of Assos → teacher → Zeno of Citium ⓘ