Talk:Zeno of Citium

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Contents 1 (Question) 2 Anarchist 3 update 4 WikiProject class rating

[edit] (Question)

What the heck does the below sentence actually mean? "Having been companionable, the king, Antigonos of Macedonia, often abided by him." Is "companionable" even a word?

companionable |kəmˌpønjənəbəl|
adjective
(of a person) friendly and sociable : a companionable young man.
 • (of a shared situation) relaxed and pleasant : they walked in companionable silence.
New Oxford American Dictionary

Overall, I do have to agree. Some sentences read like a 60-year-old philosophy textbook. There are no refereneces at this time. How can that be? Is this page a "lift" from something copyrighted? I'll put this on my to-do list. Wikipedia can at least get the underpinnings of the Western World cited correctly!

--Charles Gaudette 21:00, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anarchist

I have removed the nonsense piece about Zeno being the first anarchist. WolfgangRieger 18:00, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Dennis Dalton, in the teaching company lecture "Power over People: Classical and Modern Political Theory," cites Zeno as an early anarchist.

Furthermore, according to Kropotkin, Zeno was "the best exponent of Anarchist philosophy in ancient Greece". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.180.101.118 (talk • contribs)

If you've got the references, then make the edit. Zeno Izen 16:24, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] update

Folks, Zeno seems to be very influential, and this page is IMHO a disservice. I want to update this with a lot of meat (so to speak), and also want your opinion, additions, whatnot. Thanks and best, Mu5ti 14:25, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

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