Testimonia et Fragmenta

Cleanthes

Cleanthes. Stoicorum veterum fragmenta, Vol. 1. von Arnim, Hans Friedrich August, editor. Stuttgart: Teubner, 1903. (1964 printing.)

Themistius Or. II 27 C. εἰ δὲ αὖ φήσειέ τις κολακείαν εἶναι τῷ Πυθίῳ παραβάλλειν τὸν βασιλέα, Χρύσιππος μὲν ὑμῖν καὶ Κλεάνθης οὐ συγχωρήσει καὶ ὅλον ἔθνος φιλοσοφίας [ἢ] ὁ ἐκ τῆς ποικίλης χορός, οἱ φάσκοντες εἶναι τὴν αὐτὴν ἀρετὴν καὶ ἀλήθειαν ἀνδρὸς καὶ θεοῦ.

Cf. Proclus in Plat. Tim. II 106f. οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Στοᾶς καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ἀρετὴν εἶναι θεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων εἰρήκασιν. — Cic. de leg. I 25. iam vero virtus eadem in homine ac deo est neque alio ullo ingenio praeterea.