Cleanthes
Americannoun
noun
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I consider Cleanthes the patron saint of nail-biters.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2018
The question is now raised, Why did Cleanthes work at night instead of seeking rest, and why did Hillel remain outside in the bitter cold and snow?
From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix
Seen from the point of view of the whole, every part is necessary, and therefore good,—everything except, as Cleanthes says in his hymn, "what the wicked do in their foolishness."
From The Five Great Philosophies of Life by Hyde, William De Witt
Cleanthes became the best pupil of Zeno, and grew up to be a very wise and learned man, indeed one of the most famous philosophers of the Stoic school.
From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix
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
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