ZENO - BACKGROUND

<BODY> <CENTER><FONT SIZE=5><B><FONT SIZE=6>ZENO</FONT><BR> THE STOIC</B></FONT></CENTER><P> <FONT SIZE=4><B>Background</B></FONT><P> A Phoenecian business man, and citizen of Citium, Zeno was stranded in Athens through a shipwreck. What, for some would have been seen as misfortune, for Zeno, meant a change for the better. He became a disciple of the Cynic philosopher, Crates. He did not become a <A HREF="../t03/g007.html" TARGET="_top">Cynic</A>, according to Diogenes Laertius, because his "native modesty" could not assimilate Cynic "shamelessness". Instead, he developed a new school of thought which encouraged moderation. This came to be named <A HREF="../t03/g050.html" TARGET="_top">Stoicism</A> after the Greek word <I>stoa</I> , a covered area where most teachers of philosophy taught their followers. <P> <IMG SRC="0602a.jpg" WIDTH="350" HEIGHT="95" ALT="STOA"> <BR clear=left><BR> <HR width=100%> <A HREF="http://www.creatorix.com.au"><IMG SRC="../creatorix.gif" WIDTH="85" HEIGHT="40" BORDER="0" ALT="Creatorix" align=right></A> </BODY>