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Encyclopedia > Zeno of Tarsus

Zeno of Tarsus, Stoic philosopher and pupil of Chrysippus, belonged to the period of the Middle Stoa. A restored Stoa in Athens, Greece. ... Chrysippus of Soli (279-207 BC) was Cleanthess pupil and eventual successor to the head of the stoic philosophy. ...


He appears to have accepted all the Stoic doctrines except that he denied the final conflagration of the universe.


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