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Zeno of Citium
c. 334–262 BCE · Founder of Stoicism
After a shipwreck left him in Athens, Zeno encountered philosophy and founded the school that met at the painted Stoa Poikile — giving "Stoicism" its name. He taught that a good life follows living in accord with reason and nature.
Ideas from Zeno of Citium
“Well-being is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.”
Zeno of Citium · Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers
“The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.”
Zeno of Citium · Diogenes Laertius, Lives of the Philosophers
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”
Zeno of Citium
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