Excerpt from The Hymn of Cleanthes: Greek Text Translated Into English, With Brief Introduction and Notes Cleanthes, the Stoic philosopher, was born at Assos, in the Troad, about the year 331 and died at an advanced age in 232 The successor to Zeno, the founder of Stoicism, he was president of the Stoa for over thirty years and was himself succeeded by Chrysippus. He was evidently a man of profound earnestness and masterful energy, combining...
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