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title: "Chrysippus (c. 280-207 BCE)"
date: "2021-04-01T11:30:56+01:00"
modified: "2021-07-12T14:14:48+01:00"
url: "https://heritage.humanists.uk/chrysippus-c-280-207-bce/"
post_id: 3274
categories: ["Philosophy"]
tags: ["Philosophy"]
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# Chrysippus (c. 280-207 BCE)

Chrysippus (or Chrysippos) of Soli was a Greek Stoic philosopher.







Although Chrysippus believed in fate, divination, and gods, he believed reason, sympathy, and knowledge were the tools human beings should use when addressing ethical problems.







![](https://heritage.humanists.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/04/Chrysippus-British-Museum-side-view-CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0-709x1024.jpg)[Marble bust of the Stoic philosopher Chrysippos](https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/1612919978) © The Trustees of the British Museum. Licensed [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)







### Read more







[Chrysippus at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy](https://iep.utm.edu/chrysipp/)







 See also 
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- [    The British Museum  ](https://heritage.humanists.uk/the-british-museum/)
- [    Epicurus  ](https://heritage.humanists.uk/epicurus/)
- [    Chronology of Humanism  ](https://heritage.humanists.uk/humanism-chronology/)
- [    Pelagius  ](https://heritage.humanists.uk/pelagius-c-354-418/)