Cleanthes
Americannoun
noun
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I consider Cleanthes the patron saint of nail-biters.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2018
He took the doctrines of Zeno and Cleanthes and crystallized them into a definite system; he further defended them against the attacks of the Academy.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various
Cleanthes produced very little that was original, though he wrote some fifty works, of which fragments have come down to us.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
There is also a very similar passage in a hymn of the Stoic Cleanthes: “Zeus, thou crown of creation, Hail!—We are thy offspring.”
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
I have sometimes begun the lesson on the duty of acquiring knowledge by telling the story of Cleanthes and that of Hillel.
From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix
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