Posidonius

The same trait is found in his theology. Where ancient Stoicism identified, Posidonius seems to have sought to distinguish: according to Aetius[1], he separated Zeus, nature, and destiny as three terms, each subordinate to the preceding one; Zeus would be … Read More

This brilliant development of Stoicism continued in a completely different way with the Syrian Posidonius of Apamea (135-51). A great traveler and great observer of nature, he visited all the coasts of the Mediterranean, Sicily, the coasts of the Adriatic, … Read More