Zeno of Tarsus (Ancient Greek: Ζήνων ὁ Ταρσεύς, Zenon ho Tarseus; fl.
[2] According to Diogenes Laërtius, he wrote very few books, but left a great number of disciples.
He was apparently an orthodox Stoic, but doubted the doctrine of the conflagration of the universe.
[2] This was a considerable modification of the physical theory of the Stoics, who held that the universe periodically dissolved into fire.
He was succeeded as head of the Stoic school by Diogenes of Babylon.