Chrysippus of Soli
c. 279-207 B.C.
Greek Stoic philosopher who conceived of sound as a wave motion in air. Chrysippus succeeded Cleanthes as the third head of the Stoa in Athens and is considered its ...
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Chrysippus(C. 279–206 Bce)
Chrysippus, the Stoic philosopher born at Soli, in Cilicia, became the third leader of the Stoa at Athens upon the death of Cleanthes, in 232 BCE. This post he held u...
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The Greek philosopher Chrysippus (ca. 280-ca. 206 BC) was the first systematizer of Stoic doctrine and should probably be credited with much of that Stoic logic and language theory which has impressed...
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