Chrysippus
Chrysippus of Soli was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was a native of Soli, Cilicia, but moved to Athens as a young man, where he became a pupil of the Stoic philosopher Cleanthes. When Cleanthes died, around 230 BC, Chrysippus became the third head of the Stoic school.
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"Wise people are in want of nothing, and yet need many things. On the other hand, nothing is needed by fools, for they do not understand how to use anything, but are in want of everything."
"Living virtuously is equal to living in accordance with one's experience of the actual course of nature"
"If I had followed the multitude, I should not have studied philosophy."
"The universe itself is God and the universal outpouring of its soul"
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