About Zeno of Tarsus
Lived 250 BC – 200 BC. Zeno of Tarsus was a philosopher.
Zeno of Tarsus (, Zenon ho Tarseus; fl. 200 BC) was a Stoic philosopher and the son of Dioscorides.
Biography Zeno was a pupil of Chrysippus, and when Chrysippus died c. 206 BC, he succeeded him to become the fourth scholarch of the Stoic school in Athens.
According to Diogenes Laërtius, he wrote very few books, but left a great number of disciples.
Little is known about Zeno's philosophical views. He was apparently an orthodox Stoic, but doubted the doctrine of the conflagration of the universe. This was a considerable modification of the physical theory of the Stoics, who held that the universe periodically dissolved into fire.
It is not known when he died. He was succeeded as head of the Stoic school by Diogenes of Babylon.
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Who was Zeno of Tarsus?
3rd century BCE Greek Stoic philosopher
When was Zeno of Tarsus born?
Zeno of Tarsus was born in 250 BC in Tarsus.
When did Zeno of Tarsus die?
Zeno of Tarsus died in 200 BC.
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Zeno of Tarsus was a philosopher.
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