Panaetius
Panaetius | |
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Panaetius, depicted as a medieval scholar in the Nuremberg Chronicle | |
| Born | 185/180 BC |
| Died | 110/109 BC |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Ancient philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Stoicism |
| Main interests | Ethics |
Panaetius (/pəˈniːʃiəs/; Ancient Greek: Παναίτιος, romanized: Panaítios; c. 185 – c. 110/109 BC) of Rhodes was an ancient Greek Stoic philosopher. He was a pupil of Diogenes of Babylon and Antipater of Tarsus in Athens, before moving to Rome where he did much to introduce Stoic doctrines to the city, thanks to the patronage of Scipio Aemilianus. After the death of Scipio in 129 BC, he returned to the Stoic school in Athens, and was its last undisputed scholarch. With Panaetius, Stoicism became much more eclectic. His most famous work was his On Duties, the principal source used by Cicero in his own work of the same name.