Chrysippus

[ krahy-sip-uh s, kri- ]

/ kraɪˈsɪp əs, krɪ- /

noun

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

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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.

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Example sentences from the Web for chrysippus

But according to Chrysippus, they have not so much as this difference.
Essays and Miscellanies|Plutarch
One Cluvius has left him a prop 183erty at Puteoli, and the house has tumbled down; but he has sent for Chrysippus, an architect.
The Life of Cicero|Anthony Trollope
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
"Give me a doctrine and I will find the reasons for it," said Chrysippus.
Aphorisms and Reflections from the Works of T. H. Huxley|T. H. Huxley

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