Diodorus Cronus
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Diodorus Cronus was an ancient Greek Megarian philosopher and logician best known for formulating the Master Argument about possibility, necessity, and time.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diodorus Cronus canonical | 6 |
| Diodoros Kronos | 1 |
| Diodorus of Iasos | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Megarian philosopher
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ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ logician ⓘ |
| activeInCentury |
3rd century BCE
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4th century BCE ⓘ |
| argument | Master Argument ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ |
| debatedTopic |
compatibility of determinism and possibility
ⓘ
status of future-tense propositions ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
dialectic
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logic ⓘ modal logic ⓘ philosophy of time ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chrysippus of Soli
ⓘ
surface form:
Chrysippus
Stoic logic ⓘ later modal logic ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Apollonius Cronus
ⓘ
Megarian dialecticians ⓘ |
| knownFor | Master Argument ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | Megarian school ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Diodorus Cronus
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Diodoros Kronos
Diodorus Cronus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Diodorus of Iasos
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| notableIdea |
Master Argument about possibility, necessity, and time
ⓘ
definition of the possible as that which either is or will be true ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
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teacher of dialectic ⓘ |
| philosophicalInterest |
determinism
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future contingents ⓘ logic of conditionals ⓘ modal notions of possibility and necessity ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Megarian school ⓘ |
| proposedThesis |
only what either is true or will be true is possible
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the impossible does not follow from the possible ⓘ what is past and true is necessary ⓘ |
| region |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
|
| sourceOfInformation | reports by later ancient authors ⓘ |
| studentOf | Apollonius Cronus ⓘ |
| teacherOf |
Cleanthes of Assos
ⓘ
Philo the Dialectician ⓘ Zeno of Citium ⓘ |
| tradition |
Megarian school
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surface form:
Megarian school of philosophy
|
| worksStatus | no extant writings securely attributed ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Diodorus of Iasos
this entity surface form:
Diodoros Kronos