Cleanthes

American  

[klee-an-theez] / kliˈæn θiz /

noun

1. c300–232? b.c., Greek Stoic philosopher.

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Cleanthes British  

/ klɪˈænθiːz /

noun

1. ?300–?232 _bc , Greek philosopher: succeeded Zeno as head of the Stoic school

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Example Sentences

I consider Cleanthes the patron saint of nail-biters.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2018

Not so; Cleanthes, for if bad it be My self must bleed afresh by wounding thee.

From Democritus Platonissans by More, Henry

The Dialogues introduce three interlocutors, Demea, Cleanthes and Philo, who represent three distinct orders of theological opinion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

His relations with Cleanthes, contemporaneously criticized by Antipater, are considered under Stoics.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

To sum up; the end of man's being and his true happiness is what Zeno expressed as "living harmoniously," a statement which Cleanthes developed by adding the words "with Nature."

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)