Definitions for cleanthes
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1. Cleanthesnoun

   ancient Greek philosopher who succeeded Zeno of Citium as the leader of the Stoic school (300-232 BC)

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1. Cleanthes

   Cleanthes (; Greek: Κλεάνθης; c. 330 BC – c. 230 BC), of Assos, was a Greek Stoic philosopher and boxer who was the successor to Zeno of Citium as the second head (scholarch) of the Stoic school in Athens. Originally a boxer, he came to Athens where he took up philosophy, listening to Zeno's lectures. He supported himself by working as a water-carrier at night. After the death of Zeno, c. 262 BC, he became the head of the school, a post he held for the next 32 years. Cleanthes successfully preserved and developed Zeno's doctrines. He originated new ideas in Stoic physics, and developed Stoicism in accordance with the principles of materialism and pantheism. Among the fragments of Cleanthes' writings which have come down to us, the largest is a Hymn to Zeus. His pupil was Chrysippus who became one of the most important Stoic thinkers.

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1. cleanthes

   Cleanthes is commonly known as an ancient Greek philosopher. He was the successor to Zeno, as the head of the Stoic school in Athens, a position he held from 263 BC until his death in 230/229 BC. He is primarily known today for his hymn to Zeus and his theory of knowledge, morality, and cosmology. His philosophy centered on the belief that the universe is guided by divine reason. As such, his name doesn't have a general definition, but rather refers to this specific historical figure.

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1. Cleanthes

   Cleanthes, of Assos, was a Greek Stoic philosopher and the successor to Zeno as the second head of the Stoic school in Athens. Originally a boxer, he came to Athens where he took up philosophy, listening to Zeno's lectures. He supported himself by working as water-carrier at night. After the death of Zeno, c. 262 BC, he became the head of the school, a post he held for the next 32 years. Cleanthes successfully preserved and developed Zeno's doctrines. He originated new ideas in Stoic physics, and developed Stoicism in accordance with the principles of materialism and pantheism. Among the fragments of Cleanthes' writings which have come down to us, the largest is a Hymn to Zeus. His pupil was Chrysippus who became one of the most important Stoic thinkers.

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1. Cleanthes

   a Stoic philosopher, born at Assos, in Troas, of the 3rd century B.C.; wrought as a drawer of water by night that he might earn his fee as pupil of Zeno's by day; became Zeno's successor and the head of his school; regarded "pleasure as a remission of that moral energy of the soul, which alone is happiness, as an interruption to life, and as an evil, which was not in accordance with nature, and no end of nature."

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   The numerical value of cleanthes in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

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   The numerical value of cleanthes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleanthes
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4. ^ Wikidata
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5. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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