Chrysippus

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[krahy-sip-uhs, kri-] / kraɪˈsɪp əs, krɪ- /

noun

1. 280–209? b.c., Greek Stoic philosopher.

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Example Sentences

Chrysippus was a man of immense productivity and laborious scholarship.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

The Stoic teaching is derived from Cleanthes, Chrysippus and Zeno, and is criticized from the writings of Carneades and Clitomachus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

“But,” answered Nero, “your favourite Chrysippus wrote still more numerous books.”

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

A great part of his time was spent, when a youth, among the learned doctors; the disciples of Plato, Chrysippus and Aristotle.

From Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning by Doane, T. W.

While there is frequent allusion to the Stoics in the poem, there is no direct mention either of them or of their chief teachers, Zeno, Chrysippus, or Cleanthes.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.