person
Zeno of Sidon
Zeno (the Epicurean)
also: Zeno, Zenone, Epicureo Zenone, the Epicurean Zeno
Epicurean philosopher (c. 150-75 BC), head of the Epicurean school at Athens, whom Cicero himself heard. Though he differed profoundly from Carneades, he is cited as admiring that one man beyond all others.
Reading notes
- On the Ends of Good and Evil §1.16 Zeno
Zeno of Sidon, head of the Epicurean Garden in Cicero's youth, not to be confused with the Stoic Zeno of Citium. Cicero heard him at Athens alongside Atticus.
- On the Nature of the Gods §1.59 Zeno, whom our friend Philo used to call the chief of the Epicureans
Zeno of Sidon, head of the Epicurean school at Athens in Cicero's youth, whom Cicero heard lecture. Not to be confused with Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism, who appears elsewhere in the book.
- Tusculan Disputations §3.38 that sharp little old man Zeno, the keenest of them
Zeno of Sidon (c. 150-75 BC), head of the Epicurean school at Athens, whose lectures Cicero attended as a young man. He is not to be confused with Zeno of Citium the Stoic; here he sets out the Epicurean formula for the happy life.