# Zeno of Citium — WHE Definition Discussion
**URL:** https://community.worldhistory.org/t/zeno-of-citium-whe-definition-discussion/16186
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**Created:** [February 15, 2011, 8:15am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/zeno-of-citium-whe-definition-discussion/16186 "2011-02-15T08:15:30Z")
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### Author:  [@JPryst](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/JPryst)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2011, 8:15am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/zeno-of-citium-whe-definition-discussion/16186/1 "2011-02-15T08:15:30Z")
Zeno of Citium (l. c. 336-265 BCE) was the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy in Athens, which taught that the _Logos_ (Universal Reason) was the greatest good in life and living in accordance with reason was the purpose of human life.
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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/Zeno\_of\_Citium/](https://www.worldhistory.org/Zeno_of_Citium/)._
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### Author:  [@JPryst](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/JPryst)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2026, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/zeno-of-citium-whe-definition-discussion/16186/2 "2026-07-30T16:54:26Z")