The wise man is free from passions, not because he does not feel, but because his judgments are correct.
Philosophers
Chrysippus of Soli
Born c. 279 BC in Soli, Chrysippus became the Stoic school's third head and systematized its logic, physics, and ethics so thoroughly he earned the title Second Founder of Stoicism. His propositional logic endures.
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Chrysippus of Soli's Other Quotes
If one had the logic of Chrysippus, one would not need the gods.
If Chrysippus had not existed, the Stoa would not have existed.
The universe itself is God and the universal outpouring of its soul.
Fate is a natural order of all things, following one upon another from eternity, and their intertwining is inviolable.
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