Cleanthes

American  

[klee-an-theez] / kliˈæn θiz /

noun

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

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Cleanthes British  

/ klɪˈænθiːz /

noun

1. ?300–?232 _bc , Greek philosopher: succeeded Zeno as head of the Stoic school

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Cleanthes

I consider Cleanthes the patron saint of nail-biters.

From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2018

While there is frequent allusion to the Stoics in the poem, there is no direct mention either of them or of their chief teachers, Zeno, Chrysippus, or Cleanthes.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by W. Y. Sellar

He was followed by Cleanthes, and then by Chrysippus, as leaders of the school.

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by W. T. (Walter Terence) Stace

Not so; Cleanthes, for if bad it be My self must bleed afresh by wounding thee.

From Democritus Platonissans by Henry More

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