Chrysippus
Greek Stoic philosopher (c.279–c.206 BC)
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TurkeyThe philosopher who saved Stoicism from extinction. When Chrysippus took over the school around 230 BC, he didn't just teach Zeno's ideas — he rebuilt them with an original system of logic so rigorous it earned him the title Second Founder.
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Born in Soli, Cilicia around 279 BC, Chrysippus moved to Athens as a young man and studied under Cleanthes, the second head of the Stoic school. When Cleanthes died around 230 BC, Chrysippus inherited the leadership and set about expanding the doctrines of Zeno of Citium into something systematically new. He built an original propositional logic to map how the universe worked and where human action fit inside a fatalistic cosmos. His ethics hinged on understanding nature first, then using that knowledge as therapy to root out the passions that crush the soul. A prolific writer, his work was so…
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