Stoicism

school of Hellenistic philosophy who held that the practice of virtue suffices to attain eudaimonia

15 dated entries naming Stoicism, drawn from 14 separate years between 334 BCE and 135 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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4th century BC

  • 334 BCEZeno of Citium, Greek philosopher and the father of Stoicism (approximate date) (d. c. 262 BC)source

3rd century BC

  • 279 BCEChrysippus, Greek Stoic philosopher (approximate date)source
  • 263 BCECleanthes succeeds Zeno of Citium in his Stoic School in Athens.source
  • 262 BCEZeno of Citium, Hellenistic Stoic philosopher from Citium, Cyprus (b. 333 BC)source
  • 243 BCEPersaeus, Greek Stoic philosopher and friend of Zeno of Citiumsource
  • 232 BCEFollowing the death of his mentor, Cleanthes of Assos, Chrysippus of Soli succeeds him as the third head of the Stoic school. The many writings of Chrysippus, about the Stoic doctrines, will later earn him the title of Second Founder of Stoicism.source
  • 232 BCECleanthes of Assos, Stoic philosopher who has been the head of the Stoic school from 263 BC, after the death of Zeno of Citium (b. c. 301 BC)source
  • 207 BCEChrysippus, Greek philosopher from Soloi who was the principal systematiser of Stoic philosophy (b. c. 280 BC)source
  • 206 BCEChrysippus, Greek Stoic philosopher (approximate date)source

2nd century BC

  • 135 BCEPosidonius of Apamea, Greek Stoic philosopher and scientist (d. 51 BC)source

1st century

  • 7AD 7 – Athenodoros Cananites, Stoic philosopher (b. 74 BC)source
  • 31Musonius Rufus, Roman Stoic philosopher (d. 101)source
  • 93Arulenus Rusticus, Roman politician and Stoic philosopher (executed)source
  • 94Domitian banishes all Stoic philosophers from Rome.source

2nd century

  • 135Epictetus, Greek Stoic philosopher (b. AD 50)source

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