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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Example Sentences

I consider Cleanthes the patron saint of nail-biters.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2018

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

From Democritus Platonissans by More, Henry

Like the earlier Stoics, Cleanthes and Chrysippus, he held that virtue may be taught.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

His relations with Cleanthes, contemporaneously criticized by Antipater, are considered under Stoics.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

We know little for certain as to what share particular Stoics, Zeno, Cleanthes, or Chrysippus, had in the formation of the doctrines of the school.

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