Athenodorus Of Soli
Athenodorus of Soli ( grc, Ἀθηνόδωρος ὁ Σολεύς) was a Stoic philosopher, and disciple of Zeno of Citium, who lived in the 3rd century BC. He was the son of Athenodorus, and was born in the town of Soli, Cilicia Soli ( grc, Σόλοι, ''Sóloi''), often rendered Soli/Pompeiopolis ( grc, Πομπηϊούπολις), was an ancient city and port in Cilicia, 11 km west of Mersin in present-day Turkey. Geography Located in Southern Anatolia, on the ..., and was the compatriot of another disciple of Zeno, Chrysippus. Athenodorus was the brother of the poet Aratus of Soli,Suda, ''Aratos'' the author of the long didactic poem, ''Phaenomena''. Both brothers followed the teachings of Zeno. He is mentioned in the list given by Diogenes Laërtius as the disciple of Zeno.Diogenes Laërtius, vii.'' He may be the dedicatee of the work ''On Definite Propositions'' ( el, Περὶ τῶν ϰαταγορευτιϰῶν) written by Chrysippus. Notes 3rd-centu ...
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Stoicism
Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BCE. It is a philosophy of personal virtue ethics informed by its system of logic and its views on the natural world, asserting that the practice of virtue is both necessary and sufficient to achieve (happiness, ): one flourishes by living an ethical life. The Stoics identified the path to with a life spent practicing the cardinal virtues and living in accordance with nature. The Stoics are especially known for teaching that "virtue is the only good" for human beings, and that external things, such as health, wealth, and pleasure, are not good or called in themselves ('' adiaphora'') but have value as "material for virtue to act upon". Alongside Aristotelian ethics, the Stoic tradition forms one of the major founding approaches to virtue ethics. The Stoics also held that certain destructive emotions resulted from errors of judgment, and they believed people shou ...
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