Zeno's Stoic Manifesto

The stoics were pioneers in just about every area of philosophy, and married their ethical absolutism to careful technical analysis. Because he was the school founder, zeno's authority and status as a moral exemplar was unquestioned by all card carrying stoics. After zeno's death in two 62 b c, the headship of the school was taken over by a man named cleanthes. 30 years later, he was succeeded by chrysippus, who served as school head from two 32 until his death in two o six b c. It is to ch Chrysippus that we owe subtle and rigorous systematization of stoicism without which it would never have