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en-wikipedia-org-977		Ekpyrosis - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1140	179	68	Ekpyrosis (/ˌɛkpɪˈroʊsɪs/; Ancient Greek: ἐκπύρωσις ekpýrōsis, "conflagration") is a Stoic belief in the periodic destruction of the cosmos by a great conflagration every Great Year. Ekpyrosis among Stoics[edit] The concept of Ekpyrosis is attributed to Chrysippus by Plutarch.[3][4] Ekpyrosis itself however, was not a universally accepted theory by all Stoics. Other prominent stoics such as Panaetius, Zeno of Tarsus, Boethus of Sidon, and others either rejected Ekpyrosis or had differing opinions regarding its degree.[5] Once such idea is that Ekpyrosis by some was generally viewed as a positive event that would result in a "purification" of the soul and a renewal of all that was destroyed. While another such as the Roman Poet Lucan, depicted Ekpyrosis as just an end with no new beginning, that Ekpyrosis brought about only destruction upon the world.[6] The extent to which Stoics discussed and disagreed regarding Ekyrosis is largely attributed to works of Hippolytus of Rome, found in the Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-977.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-977.txt