Antipater of Tarsus

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Antipater of Tarsus was a Stoic philosopher of the 2nd century BCE who led the Stoic school in Athens and contributed significantly to Stoic ethics and theology.

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Antipater of Tarsus canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic-era person ⓘ
Stoic philosopher ⓘ
ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ
head of philosophical school ⓘ
activeInCentury 2nd century BCE ⓘ
associatedWithCity Athens ⓘ
Tarsus ⓘ
birthPlace Tarsus ⓘ
citizenship Tarsus ⓘ
deathPlace Athens (uncertain but traditionally given) ⓘ
linked to: Athens
doctrine argued for providential governance of the cosmos ⓘ
argued that virtue is sufficient for happiness ⓘ
defended the possibility of divination within Stoic theology ⓘ
developed Stoic views on appropriate actions (kathēkonta) ⓘ
emphasized duty and moral obligation ⓘ
era Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
fieldOfWork epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
logic ⓘ
theology ⓘ
influenced Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
later Roman Stoics ⓘ
influencedBy Chrysippus ⓘ
linked to: Chrysippus of Soli

Diogenes of Babylon ⓘ
Zeno of Citium ⓘ
knownFor contributions to Stoic ethics ⓘ
contributions to Stoic theology ⓘ
work on epistemology ⓘ
work on logic ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
name Antipater of Tarsus ⓘ
notableFor refinements of Stoic ethical theory ⓘ
systematization of Stoic theology ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Stoicism ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Stoic ethics ⓘ
Stoic theology ⓘ
positionHeld scholarch of the Stoic school in Athens ⓘ
predecessor Diogenes of Babylon ⓘ
religiousView believed in a providential divine reason (logos) ⓘ
school Stoic school in Athens ⓘ
sourceMention Cicero ⓘ
Diogenes Laertius ⓘ
later doxographical traditions ⓘ
successor Panaetius of Rhodes ⓘ
taughtIn Athens ⓘ
timePeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ

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Cleanthes of Assos → student → Antipater of Tarsus ⓘ
Antipater of Tarsus → name → Antipater of Tarsus ⓘ
Diogenes of Babylon → taught → Antipater of Tarsus ⓘ