Philosopher

Antipater of Tarsus

Overview

Antipater of Tarsus (Greek: Ἀντίπατρος ὁ Ταρσεύς; died 130/129 BC) was a Stoic philosopher. He was the pupil and successor of Diogenes of Babylon as leader of the Stoic school, and was the teacher of Panaetius. He wrote works on the gods and on divination, and in ethics he took a higher moral ground than that of his teacher Diogenes.

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Philosophers who discussed Antipater of Tarsus

• Panaetius
• Diodorus Cronus
• Diogenes of Babylon

Ideas Antipater of Tarsus discusses

• Carneades
• Athens
• Panaetius
• Athenaeus
• Cleanthes
• Stoicism
• Praeparatio evangelica
• Platonic Academy
• Plutarch
• Socrates
• State (polity)
• Zeno of Citium
• Chrysippus
• Deity
• God
• Cicero
• Divination
• Ethics
• Diogenes of Babylon

Place in the tradition

Part of Stoicism.

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