Chrysippus
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According to Diogenes Laërtius, Chrysippus wrote twelve works in 23 books on the Liar paradox ; seven works in 17 books on amphiboly ; and another nine works in 26 books on other conundrums.
Diogenes Laërtius, vii. 184 Chrysippus threw himself eagerly into the study of the Stoic system.
Diogenes Laërtius, vii. 180. The logical work by Chrysippus came to be neglected and forgotten.
Chrysippus compared evil to the coarse jest in the comedy ; for, just as the jest, though offensive in itself, improves the piece as a whole, "so too you may criticize evil regarded by itself, yet allow that, taken with all else, it has its use."
Chrysippus laid the greatest stress on the worth and dignity of the individual, and on the power of will.
Chrysippus' point is more abstract than Antipater's, and Galen quotes the passage as an example of an opinion contrary to his own.