Chrysippus

Chrysippus
/kruy sip"euhs, kri-/, n.
280-209? B.C., Greek Stoic philosopher.

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▪ Greek philosopher

born c. 280 BC
died c. 206

      Greek philosopher from Soli (Soloi) who was the principal systematizer of Stoic philosophy. He is considered to have been, with Zeno, cofounder of the academy at Athens Stoa (Greek: “Porch”). Credited with about 750 writings, he was among the first to organize propositional logic as an intellectual discipline.

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  • Chrysippus — (c. 280–207 BC) The third leading Stoic after Cleanthes, and possibly the most productive philosopher of all time, having written 705 books, none of which survive (however, ancient books were relatively short; see also Dewey ). Chrysippus was… …   Philosophy dictionary

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  • Chrysippus (mythology) — For other people named Chrysippus, see Chrysippus (disambiguation). In Greek mythology, Chrysippus (Greek: Χρύσιππος) was a divine hero of Elis in the Peloponnesus, the bastard son of Pelops king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus and the nymph Axioche …   Wikipedia

  • Chrysippus of Cnidos — For other people named Chrysippus, see Chrysippus (disambiguation). Chrysippus of Cnidos (4th century BC) was a Greek physician. He was the son of Erineus,[1] and a contemporary of Praxagoras,[2] a pupil of Eudoxus of Cnidos and Philistion of… …   Wikipedia

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