Chrysippus
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Erasistratus, his colleague, was a pupil of Theophrastus and Chrysippus: he, too, cultivated anatomy.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William
Chrysippus, however, restricted to the best and noblest souls this future existence, which Cleanthes had awarded to all,205 and among the Roman Stoics even this was greatly doubted.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Chrysippus maintained that cock-fighting was the final cause of cocks, these birds being made by Providence in order to inspire us by the example of their courage.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Chrysippus was a man of immense productivity and laborious scholarship.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
We know little for certain as to what share particular Stoics, Zeno, Cleanthes, or Chrysippus, had in the formation of the doctrines of the school.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
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