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Antipater of Tarsus c. 200 BC – c. 130 BC

Antipater of Tarsus (c. 200 BC – c. 130 BC) was a Greek philosopher of the Ancient era, associated with Stoicism, Hellenistic, and Ancient Greek Philosophy.

Antipater of Tarsus was a Greek Stoic philosopher and the head of the Stoic school in the second century BC, succeeding Diogenes of Babylon at Athens around 152 BC. His writings, preserved only in fragments and citations, include works on duty and on the contradictions of the Academic skeptics, in which he refined the orthodox Stoic doctrine of the appropriate action and defended the rationality of the Stoic providential ordering of the world against the skeptical attacks of Carneades. He was the teacher of Panaetius of Rhodes, through whom the Stoic philosophy passed into Roman intellectual life.

Key facts

Nationality
Greek
Era
Ancient
Movements
Stoicism, Hellenistic, Ancient Greek Philosophy

Selected quotes

  • Attributed to Antipater of Tarsus:

    “The wise man does what is appropriate, even when the world refuses to reward him.”

  • Attributed to Antipater of Tarsus:

    “Marriage and the begetting of children are not concessions to weakness; they are the appropriate work of a rational being in a rational cosmos.”

  • Attributed to Antipater of Tarsus:

    “The skeptics quarrel with the Stoa as the sick quarrel with the physicians.”

  • Attributed to Antipater of Tarsus:

    “Providence is not a comfort we add to the world; it is the rational order of the world itself.”

  • Attributed to Antipater of Tarsus:

    “Stoicism is the school of duty patiently discharged.”

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When did Antipater of Tarsus live?
Antipater of Tarsus was born in c. 200 BC and died in c. 130 BC.
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Antipater of Tarsus was a Greek philosopher of the Ancient era.
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Antipater of Tarsus was associated with Stoicism, Hellenistic, and Ancient Greek Philosophy.
What was Antipater of Tarsus known for?
Antipater of Tarsus was a Greek Stoic philosopher and the head of the Stoic school in the second century BC, succeeding Diogenes of Babylon at Athens around 152 BC.
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