Chrysippus

[krahy-sip-uhs, kri-]

noun

280–209? b.c., Greek Stoic philosopher.

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Chrysippus

Greek philosopher from Soli (Soloi) who was the principal systematizer of Stoic philosophy. He is considered to have been, with Zeno, cofounder of the academy at Athens Stoa (Greek: "Porch"). Credited with about 750 writings, he was among the first to organize propositional logic as an intellectual discipline.

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