Cleanthes

American  

[klee-an-theez] / kliˈæn θiz /

noun

1. c300–232? b.c., Greek Stoic philosopher.

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Cleanthes British  

/ klɪˈænθiːz /

noun

1. ?300–?232 _bc , Greek philosopher: succeeded Zeno as head of the Stoic school

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Example Sentences

I consider Cleanthes the patron saint of nail-biters.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2018

Paul was obviously acquainted with the Hymn of Cleanthes, a Stoic writer of the third century, B.C., for he quoted his words on the Areopagus.

From Christian Hymns of the First Three Centuries by Messenger, Ruth Ellis

Seen from the point of view of the whole, every part is necessary, and therefore good,—everything except, as Cleanthes says in his hymn, "what the wicked do in their foolishness."

From The Five Great Philosophies of Life by Hyde, William De Witt

Chrysippus, however, restricted to the best and noblest souls this future existence, which Cleanthes had awarded to all,205 and among the Roman Stoics even this was greatly doubted.

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

I have sometimes begun the lesson on the duty of acquiring knowledge by telling the story of Cleanthes and that of Hillel.

From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix