Cleanthes

[ klee-an-theez ]

/ kliˈæn θiz /

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for cleanthes

I acknowledge all the merit of the hymn of Cleanthes to Jupiter, which you ascribe to it.
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson
Zeno was the great master of the Stoic philosophy; and Cleanthes was second to him in reputation.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals|John Dryden
The chief representatives of the Stoics were Zeno and Cleanthes.
Initiation into Literature|Emile Faguet
Zeno has treated of this subject, but it has been discussed more at length by Cleanthes and Chrysippus.
Cicero's Tusculan Disputations|Marcus Tullius Cicero

Cleanthes, one of our sect, imputes the way in which the idea of the Gods is implanted in the minds of men to four causes.
Cicero's Tusculan Disputations|Marcus Tullius Cicero

British Dictionary definitions for cleanthes

Cleanthes

/ (klɪˈænθiːz) /

noun

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

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