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ZENO OF SIDON

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 972 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ZENO OF See also:SIDON , Epicurean philosopher of the first See also:century B.C., and contemporary of See also:Cicero. In the De Natura Deorum (1. 34), Cicero states that he was contemptuous of other philosophers and even called See also:Socrates " the See also:Attic Buffoon." See also:Diogenes Laertius and Cicero both speak of him with respect and describe him as an accurate and polished thinker. He held that happiness' includes not merely See also:present enjoyment and prosperity, but also a reasonable expectation of their continuance. His views were made the subject of a See also:special See also:treatise by See also:Posidonius.

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