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

He had the works of Telephanes of Sicyon, Cleanthes, Ardices of Corinth, Hygiemon, Deinias, Charmides, Eumarus, and Cimon, some being simple drawings, and other paintings in various colors or monochromes.

From One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules by Gautier, Th?ophile

Cleanthes, pointing out that from a nature thoroughly evil we can never prove the existence of an infinitely powerful and benevolent Creator, hazards the conjecture that the deity, though all-benevolent, is not all-powerful.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

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, you said, attributes the idea that men have of the gods to four causes.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John