Euclid of Megara

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Megarian philosopher ancient Greek philosopher founder of philosophical school

Euclid of Megara was an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Megarian school, known for combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic and dialectical methods.

Aliases (1)

Euclides of Megara ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Megarian philosopher → ancient Greek philosopher → founder of philosophical school →
activity	developing logical paradoxes and arguments →
associatedWith	Eleatic philosophy → Socratic tradition →
contemporaryOf	Antisthenes → Aristippus of Cyrene → Plato →
countryOfCitizenship	Ancient Greece →
era	Classical Greek philosophy →
ethnicGroup	Greek →
floruit	4th century BCE →
founded	Megarian school →
gender	male →
influencedBy	Eleatic school → Parmenides → Socrates →
knownFor	combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic → founding the Megarian school of philosophy →
mainInterest	dialectic → ethics → logic →
method	dialectic → eristic argument →
movement	Megarian school →
name	Euclid of Megara →
nativeLanguage	Ancient Greek →
notableFor	early development of propositional logic tendencies in Greek thought →
notableStudent	Clinomachus → Eubulides of Miletus → Ichthyas of Megara →
occupation	philosopher →
philosophicalIdea	denial of plurality of forms of the Good → the Good is one and identical with Being → use of eristic and dialectical argumentation →
philosophicalSchool	Megarian school →
placeOfBirth	Megara →
region	Megara →
studentOf	Socrates →
taught	Clinomachus → Eubulides of Miletus → Ichthyas of Megara →
tradition	Eleatic school → Socratic school →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Eubulides of Miletus → Ichthyas of Megara →	influencedBy
Megara →	associatedWithPhilosopher
Ichthyas of Megara →	discipleOf
Megarian school →	foundedBy
Theaetetus ("Euclides of Megara") →	frameNarrator
School of Socrates →	hasMember
Socrates →	influenced
Euclid of Megara →	name
Megarian school →	notableMember
Ichthyas of Megara →	successorOf