Chrysippus

[ krahy-sip-uhs, kri- ]

/ kraɪˈsɪp əs, krɪ- /

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noun

280–209? b.c., Greek Stoic philosopher.

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How to use Chrysippus in a sentence

In the event of his dying within the next three years all his claims were to be transferred to her uncle Chrysippus.
The Bride of the Nile, Complete|Georg Ebers
I ask, then, who interprets her; and hearing that Chrysippus does, I have recourse to him.
The Enchiridion|Epictetus
If this is so, progress is clearly nothing else than knowing a great deal of Chrysippus.
A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus With the Encheiridion|Epictetus
For Chrysippus was of opinion that in the last conflagration of the world all the gods were to die but Jupiter.
The Essays of Montaigne, Complete|Michel de Montaigne

The school and sect of Chrysippus deem every man mad, whom vicious folly or the ignorance of truth drives blindly forward.
The Works of Horace|Horace