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Who founded the philosophy of Stoicism in Athens?
A
Epictetus
B
Cleanthes
C
Chrysippus
D
Zeno of Citium
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Zeno of Citium, (born c. 335 bce, Citium, Cyprus-died c. 263, Athens), Hellenistic thinker who founded the Stoic school of philosophy, which influenced the development of philosophical and ethical thought in Hellenistic and Roman times.

Detailed explanation-2: -430 bce), Greek philosopher and mathematician, whom Aristotle called the inventor of dialectic. Zeno is especially known for his paradoxes that contributed to the development of logical and mathematical rigour and that were insoluble until the development of precise concepts of continuity and infinity.

Detailed explanation-3: -Zeno ended up in Athens, and while visiting a bookstore he was introduced to the philosophy of Socrates and, later, an Athenian philosopher named Crates. These influences drastically changed the course of his life, leading him to develop the thinking and principles that we now know as Stoicism.

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