Philosopher · Classical antiquity · Cyprus
Zeno of Citium
c. 334–c. 262 BC
Phoenician Greek from Citium in Cyprus who founded Stoicism, teaching in the Painted Stoa at Athens. He taught that virtue is the only good and all else is indifferent. He lived about 334 to 262 BC, and none of his books survive.
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- Born
- About 334 BC, Citium, Cyprus.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Zeno of Citium
- Died
- About 262 BC, Athens.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Zeno of Citium
- School
- Stoicism, named for the Stoa Poikile where he taught.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Zeno of Citium
- Known for
- Founding Stoicism: live according to nature, want only what is in your control, treat virtue as the sole good.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Zeno of Citium
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