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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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The biographies of the former begin with Anaximander, and end with Clitomachus, Theophrastus and Chrysippus; the latter begins with Pythagoras, and ends with Epicurus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

This problem was taken up by Chrysippus, who admitted that he could not solve it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

There was the Hellenism represented by Homer and Plato and Chrysippus; and there was the Hellenism of the low comic stage, of the pimp and parasite.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

Both may be traced to a fragment of the Chrysippus of Euripides, quoted by Ribbeck, R�m.

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

Among his pupils were his successor, Chrysippus, and Antigonus, king of Macedon, from whom he accepted 2000 minae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various