Cleanthes
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Behram |
| Died | Athens |
| Greece | |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Influenced | Chrysippus |
| Sphaerus | |
| Influenced by | Zeno of Citium |
| Job | Philosopher |
| Books | Hymn to Zeus |
| Essential Stoic Philosophy: All in One Stoicism | |
| The Fragments of Zeno and Cleanthes | |
| Essential Stoic Philosophy: Lessons from the Peaks of Stoic Thought | |
| Stoicism | |
| School | Stoicism |
| Interests | Physics |
| Ethics | |
| Era | Hellenistic philosophy |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 481930 |
Cleanthes Life story
Cleanthes, of Assos, was a Greek Stoic philosopher and boxer who was the successor to Zeno of Citium as the second head of the Stoic school in Athens. Originally a boxer, he came to Athens where he took up philosophy, listening to Zeno's lectures. He supported himself by working as a water-carrier at night.
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