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Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Zeno of Citium was a Hellenistic philosopher from Citium, Cyprus. Zeno was the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy, which he taught in Athens from about 300 BC. Based on the moral ideas of the Cynics, Stoicism laid great emphasis on goodness and peace of mind gained from living a life of virtue in accordance with nature. It proved very popular, and flourished as one of the major schools of philosophy from the Hellenistic period through to the Roman era, and enjoyed revivals in the Renaissance as Neostoicism and in the current era as Modern Stoicism.
All things are parts of one single system, which is called nature; the individual life is good when it is in harmony with nature.
Better to trip with the feet than with the tongue
Love is a God, who cooperates in securing the safety of the city.
Man conquers the world by conquering himself.
No matter whether you claim a slave by purchase or capture, the title is bad. They who claim to own their fellow-men, look down into the pit and forget the justice that should rule the world.
The end may be defined as life in accordance with nature or, in other words, in accordance with our own human nature as well as that of the universe.
A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.
Steel your sensibilities, so that life shall hurt you as little as possible.
The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.
Happiness is a good flow of life.
That which exercises reason is more excellent than that which does not exercise reason; there is nothing more excellent than the universe, therefore the universe exercises reason.