Zeno of Citium / Ζήνων ο Κιτιεύς / Philosophy

"SEEING THAT THE UNIVERSE GIVES BIRTH TO BEINGS THAT ARE ANIMATE AND WISE, SHOULD IT NOT BE CONSIDERED ANIMATE AND WISE ITSELF?" ZENO OF CITIUM ZENO WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE STOIC SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY, WHICH HE TAUGHT IN ATHENS FROM ABOUT 300 BC. BASED ON THE MORAL IDEAS OF THE CYNICS, STOICISM LAID GREAT EMPHASIS ON GOODNESS AND PEACE OF MIND GAINED FROM LIVING A LIFE OF VIRTUE IN ACCORDANCE WITH NATURE.

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