Zeno of Citium

Tags: Philosopher.

Zeno of Citium (/ˈziːnoʊ/; Greek: Ζήνων ὁ Κιτιεύς Zēnōn ho Kitiéŭs; c. 334 – c. 262 BC) was a Greek thinker from Citium (Κίτιον Kition) Cyprus. He was possibly of Phoenician descent. 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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birth date

-334-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

birth place

Cyprus, Kition

death date

-262-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

death place

Athens

era

Ancient philosophy

influenced

Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Chrysippus, Cleanthes, Posidonius, Seneca the Younger, Panaetius

influenced by

Heraclitus, Diodorus Cronus, Polemon (scholarch), Crates of Thebes, Hipparchia of Maroneia, Stilpo, Cynicism (philosophy), Philo the Dialectician

main interest

Ethics, Physics, Logic

notableIdea

Stoicism

philosophicalSchool

Stoicism