More importantly, he studied under Cleanthes and succeeded him as the leader of a school which had been founded by his previous master, Zeno of Citium.
Josiah Gould wrote about the philosophy of this man, who was reportedly so thin that his statue was hidden by an equestrian statue, leading to a joke about him being behind a horse. This son of Apollonius initially studied under Arcesilaus and Lacydes, from whom he learned to argue for and against a custom, and he dealt with the dilemma posed by Democritus of a cone cut by a plane parallel to its base. Another story says he once saw a donkey trying to eat figs, told his wife to give it unmixed wine to drink, and died of laughter at the joke. More importantly, he studied under Cleanthes and succeeded him as the leader of a school which had been founded by his previous master, Zeno of Citium. FTP, name this philosopher from the Cilician port town ►of Soli, regarded as a founder of stoicism.
Josiah Gould wrote about the philosophy of this man, who was reportedly so thin that his statue was hidden by an equestrian statue, leading to a joke about him being behind a horse.
{Chrysippus} of Soli