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A Short Biography of Zeno of Citium

Author Name:

Zeno of Citium

Born As:

Zeno of Citium

Other Names:

Born:

334

Died:

262




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Philosopher, Logician, Scientist and Ethicist                          
Selected Works:

Ethical writings:

Republic
Ethics
On Life according to Nature
On Impulse, or on the Nature of Humans
On Passions
On Duty
On Law
On Greek Education
The Art of Love

Physical writings:

On the Universe
On Being
On Signs
On Sight
On the Logos

Logical writings:
Discourses
On Verbal Style
Solutions and Refutations

Other works:
On Poetical Readings
Homeric Problems
General Things
Reminiscences of Crates
Pythagorean Doctrines.                          
                          
The most famous of these works was Zeno's Republic, a work written in conscious imitation of, or opposition to Plato. Although it has not survived, more is known about it than any of his other works. It outlined Zeno's vision of the ideal Stoic society built on egalitarian principles.                          
Zeno's ideas were built upon by Chrysippus and other Stoics, it can be difficult to determine, in some areas, precisely what he thought.

Zeno divided philosophy into three parts: 

Logic - a very wide subject including rhetoric, grammar, and the theories of perception and thought

Physics - not just science, but the divine nature of the universe as well

Ethics - the end goal of which was to achieve happiness through the right way of living according to Nature.