Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Panaetius, Carneades, Critolaus, Diogenes of Babylon, Apollodorus, Dong Zhongshu, Antipater of Tarsus, Clitomachus, Aristobulus of Paneas, Hecato of Rhodes, Apollodorus of Seleucia, Philonides of Laodicea, Hagnon of Tarsus, Basilides, Demetrius Lacon, Crinis, Telecles, Diodorus of Tyre, Charmadas, Boethus of Sidon, Archedemus of Tarsus, Dionysius of Cyrene, Calliphon. Excerpt: Antipater (Greek: died 130/129 BCE ) of Tarsus was a Stoic philosopher. He was the pupil and successor of Diogenes of Babylon as leader of the Stoic school, and was the teacher of Panaetius . He wrote works on the gods and on divination, and in ethics he took a higher moral ground than that of his teacher Diogenes. Life Very little is known about his life, except that he was the disciple and successor of Diogenes of Babylon as leader of the Stoic school in Athens, and he was the teacher of Panaetius . The few extant accounts of his philosophical opinions would not be sufficient grounds for any great reputation, if it were not for the testimony of ancient authors to his merit. Plutarch speaks of him with Zeno, Cleanthes, and Chrysippus, as one of the principal Stoic philosophers, and Cicero mentions him as remarkable for acuteness. He seems to have taken the lead during his lifetime in the disputes constantly recurring between his own school and the Academy, although he is said to have felt himself so unequal in argument to his contemporary Carneades in public debates, that he confined himself to writing; by which he was called "Pen-noise" (Greek: ). Philosophy He taught belief in God as "a Being blessed, incorruptible, and of goodwill to men," and blamed those who ascribed to the gods "generation and corruption," which is said to have been the doctrine of Chrysippus . Besides this treatise on th...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with 2nd-Century BC Philosophers: Panaetius, Carneades, Critolaus, Diogenes of Babylon, Apollodorus, Dong Zhongshu, Antipater of Tarsus, Clitomachus. To get started finding 2nd-Century BC Philosophers: Panaetius, Carneades, Critolaus, Diogenes of Babylon, Apollodorus, Dong Zhongshu, Antipater of Tarsus, Clitomachus, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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2nd-Century BC Philosophers: Panaetius, Carneades, Critolaus, Diogenes of Babylon, Apollodorus, Dong Zhongshu, Antipater of Tarsus, Clitomachus
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Panaetius, Carneades, Critolaus, Diogenes of Babylon, Apollodorus, Dong Zhongshu, Antipater of Tarsus, Clitomachus, Aristobulus of Paneas, Hecato of Rhodes, Apollodorus of Seleucia, Philonides of Laodicea, Hagnon of Tarsus, Basilides, Demetrius Lacon, Crinis, Telecles, Diodorus of Tyre, Charmadas, Boethus of Sidon, Archedemus of Tarsus, Dionysius of Cyrene, Calliphon. Excerpt: Antipater (Greek: died 130/129 BCE ) of Tarsus was a Stoic philosopher. He was the pupil and successor of Diogenes of Babylon as leader of the Stoic school, and was the teacher of Panaetius . He wrote works on the gods and on divination, and in ethics he took a higher moral ground than that of his teacher Diogenes. Life Very little is known about his life, except that he was the disciple and successor of Diogenes of Babylon as leader of the Stoic school in Athens, and he was the teacher of Panaetius . The few extant accounts of his philosophical opinions would not be sufficient grounds for any great reputation, if it were not for the testimony of ancient authors to his merit. Plutarch speaks of him with Zeno, Cleanthes, and Chrysippus, as one of the principal Stoic philosophers, and Cicero mentions him as remarkable for acuteness. He seems to have taken the lead during his lifetime in the disputes constantly recurring between his own school and the Academy, although he is said to have felt himself so unequal in argument to his contemporary Carneades in public debates, that he confined himself to writing; by which he was called "Pen-noise" (Greek: ). Philosophy He taught belief in God as "a Being blessed, incorruptible, and of goodwill to men," and blamed those who ascribed to the gods "generation and corruption," which is said to have been the doctrine of Chrysippus . Besides this treatise on th...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with 2nd-Century BC Philosophers: Panaetius, Carneades, Critolaus, Diogenes of Babylon, Apollodorus, Dong Zhongshu, Antipater of Tarsus, Clitomachus. To get started finding 2nd-Century BC Philosophers: Panaetius, Carneades, Critolaus, Diogenes of Babylon, Apollodorus, Dong Zhongshu, Antipater of Tarsus, Clitomachus, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.