• Acted: 3th Century BC
  • Lived: 334-261 BC
  • School: Stoic
  • Main Interests: Ethics, Politics, Logic, Metaphysics
  • Influences: Heraclitus, Antisthenes, Plato, Aristotle, Diogenes
  • Location: Citium

Quotes

Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.

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ZENO OF CITIUM

Βίοι καὶ γνῶμαι τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων, Διογένης Λαέρτιος: Ζ, 26

The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we should listen more and talk less.

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ZENO OF CITIUM

Ιωάννου Στοβαίου Ανθολόγιον: ΛΞ, 19

A friend is our second self.

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ZENO OF CITIUM

Βίοι καὶ γνῶμαι τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων, Διογένης Λαέρτιος: Ζ, 23
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Biography

Zeno of Citium was a Hellenistic philosopher who founded the Stoic school of philosophy, which influenced the development of philosophical and ethical thought in Hellenistic and Roman times. Stoicism laid great emphasis on goodness and peace of mind gained from living a life of virtue in harmony with nature.