Diodorus Cronus

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Megarian philosopher ancient Greek philosopher logician

Diodorus Cronus was an ancient Greek Megarian philosopher and logician best known for formulating the Master Argument about possibility, necessity, and time.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Diodorus Cronus canonical	6
Diodoros Kronos	1
Diodorus of Iasos	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Megarian philosopher ⓘ ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ logician ⓘ
activeInCentury	3rd century BCE ⓘ 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 ⓘ 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
notableIdea	Master Argument about possibility, necessity, and time ⓘ definition of the possible as that which either is or will be true ⓘ
occupation	philosopher ⓘ teacher of dialectic ⓘ
philosophicalInterest	determinism ⓘ 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 ⓘ the impossible does not follow from the possible ⓘ what is past and true is necessary ⓘ
region	Greek Antiquity ⓘ 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 ⓘ 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.

Eubulides of Miletus → notableStudent → Diodorus Cronus ⓘ

Megarian school → notableMember → Diodorus Cronus ⓘ

Megaric school → hasNotableMember → Diodorus Cronus ⓘ

Eubulides of Megara → teacherOf → Diodorus Cronus ⓘ

Eubulides of Megara → influenced → Diodorus Cronus ⓘ

Diodorus Cronus → nameVariant → Diodorus Cronus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Diodorus of Iasos

Diodorus Cronus → nameVariant → Diodorus Cronus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Diodoros Kronos

Stilpo → notableStudent → Diodorus Cronus ⓘ