person
Staseas of Naples
Staseas
also: Staseam Neapolitanum, Staseas Neapolitanus, Stasea
A Peripatetic philosopher of Naples who lived for many years in the household of M. Pupius Piso. In De Finibus 5 Cicero contrasts Staseas, who allowed great weight to fortune and bodily goods, unfavourably with Antiochus's firmer doctrine.
Reading notes
- On the Ends of Good and Evil §5.8 Staseas of Naples
A Peripatetic philosopher who lived for years in Piso's household. Cicero later contrasts his looser doctrine, which conceded much to fortune, with Antiochus's firmer line.