Chrysippus Quotes on Nature
Chrysippus of Soli was a Greek philosopher and the third head of the Stoic school, often regarded as its second founder. This page collects quotes attributed to Chrysippus on the topic of nature, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“Living virtuously is equivalent to living in accordance with one's experience of the actual course of nature.”
In Diogenes Laërtius , vii. 87 (tr. Robert Drew Hicks, 1925) -
Attributed to Chrysippus:
“Nothing happens without a cause, but everything in accordance with antecedent causes.”
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Attributed to Chrysippus:
“Justice exists by nature and not by convention.”
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Attributed to Chrysippus:
“Vice is contrary to nature; virtue agrees with nature.”
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“The universe itself is God, or an emanation of the divine mind.”
Ipsumque mundum deum dicit esse et eius animi fusionem universam.