person
Stilbo of Megara
Stilbo
also: Stilbo, Stilpo
Megarian philosopher (c. 360–280 BC) admired by the Stoics; when Demetrius sacked Megara he answered that he had lost nothing, since all that was truly his was within him.
Reading notes
- On the Firmness of the Wise Man §5.6 Stilbo
Stilbo of Megara (c. 360–280 BC), philosopher admired by the Stoics; his reply that he had lost nothing because all that was his was within him is the dialogue's central exemplum.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §1.9.1 Stilbo
Stilbo of Megara (c. 360–280 BC), a Megarian philosopher admired by the Stoics for his self-sufficiency (Zeno studied under him); Seneca makes him the model of the sage who loses everything yet keeps every good.