Panaetius of Rhodes

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Greek philosopher Hellenistic philosopher Stoic philosopher ancient Rhodian person

Panaetius of Rhodes was a 2nd-century BCE Greek Stoic philosopher who led the Stoic school in Athens and significantly reshaped Stoicism by integrating it with Platonic and Aristotelian ideas.

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Panaetius of Rhodes canonical 18

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek philosopher ⓘ
Hellenistic philosopher ⓘ
Stoic philosopher ⓘ
ancient Rhodian person ⓘ
associatedWith Scipio Aemilianus ⓘ
Scipionic Circle ⓘ
birthPlace Rhodes ⓘ
citizenship Rhodes ⓘ
doctrine argued that virtue is sufficient for happiness but allowed more positive value to external goods than earlier Stoics ⓘ
emphasized social roles and duties in ethical life ⓘ
rejected extreme Stoic paradoxes in favor of more moderate positions ⓘ
educatedAt Academy of Athens ⓘ
surface form: Academy (Plato’s Academy)

Stoic school ⓘ
era Hellenistic period ⓘ
floruit circa 150 BCE ⓘ
influenced Cicero ⓘ
Posidonius of Apamea ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Stoicism
influencedBy Skepticism ⓘ
surface form: Academic Skepticism

Aristotle ⓘ
Chrysippus of Soli ⓘ
surface form: Chrysippus

Plato ⓘ
Zeno of Citium ⓘ
knownFor doctrine of appropriate actions (kathekonta) ⓘ
emphasis on practical ethics ⓘ
ethical theory of duty ⓘ
moderation of traditional Stoic doctrines ⓘ
rejection of strict Stoic doctrine of periodic cosmic conflagration ⓘ
reshaping Stoicism by integrating Platonic and Aristotelian ideas ⓘ
softening of Stoic determinism ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
movement Stoicism ⓘ
notableWork On Divination ⓘ
On Duty (Peri tou kathēkontos) ⓘ
On Providence ⓘ
On Tranquillity of Mind ⓘ
On the Appropriate (Peri tou preponτος) ⓘ
On the World ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Middle Stoa ⓘ
positionHeld head of the Stoic school in Athens ⓘ
regionOfActivity Athens ⓘ
Rhodes ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
roleInRome philosophical adviser to Roman aristocrats ⓘ
sourceForDoctrine De officiis ⓘ
surface form: Cicero’s De Officiis
timePeriod 2nd century BCE ⓘ
visited Rome ⓘ
worksStatus survives only in fragments and testimonia ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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Stoicism → middleRepresentative → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
Posidonius of Apamea → studentOf → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
Posidonius of Apamea → influencedBy → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
Scipio Aemilianus → associatedWith → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
De officiis → influencedBy → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
Middle Stoa → notablePhilosopher → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
On Tranquillity of Mind → author → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
On Providence → author → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
On the World → author → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
On the World → associatedPhilosopher → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
On the World → workAttributedTo → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
On Divination → author → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
On Divination → associatedPhilosopher → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
On the Appropriate (Peri tou preponτος) → author → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
subject surface form: On the Appropriate
On the Appropriate (Peri tou preponτος) → associatedPhilosopher → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
subject surface form: On the Appropriate
Scipionic Circle → hasMember → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
Antipater of Tarsus → successor → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
Antipater of Tarsus → influenced → Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ