Epimenides of Crete
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Epimenides of Crete was a semi-legendary 6th-century BCE Cretan philosopher and poet, traditionally credited with a famous self-referential paradox about Cretans always being liars.
Aliases (1)
- Epimenides ×2
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
person
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philosopher → poet → semi-legendary figure → |
| activePeriod |
6th century BCE
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| associatedCity |
Knossos
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Phaistos → |
| associatedWith |
Athenian religious purification (traditional accounts)
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liar paradox tradition → self-referential paradoxes → |
| attributedWork |
Cretica
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| category |
Pre-Socratic philosopher
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| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Crete
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| culture |
Ancient Greek
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| deathPlace |
Crete (traditional)
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| era |
Pre-Socratic philosophy
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| ethnicOrigin |
Cretan
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| floruit |
circa 6th century BCE
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| genre |
didactic poetry
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religious poetry → |
| historicity |
partly historical, partly legendary
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| influenceOn |
Christian theological literature
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later discussions of the liar paradox → philosophy of logic → |
| language |
Ancient Greek
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| mentionedBy |
Christian authors
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later Greek authors → |
| mythicStatus |
semi-legendary
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| name |
Epimenides
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| notableFor |
Epimenides paradox
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religious and moral reforms in Greek cities → |
| occupation |
philosopher
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poet → religious reformer → seer → |
| paradoxName |
Epimenides paradox
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| paradoxType |
liar-type paradox
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self-referential paradox → |
| quotedIn |
Epistle to Titus 1:12
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| regionOfActivity |
Greek world
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| religiousRole |
prophet-like figure
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purifier → |
| religiousTradition |
Greek religion
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| sourceOfQuotation |
line quoted in the New Testament Letter to Titus
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| traditionallyCreditedWith |
formulating the Epimenides paradox about Cretans being liars
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| traditionalSaying |
“Cretans, always liars, evil beasts, idle bellies”
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Referenced by (4)
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Epimenides paradox
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liar paradox
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historicalAttribution |
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Epimenides of Crete
("Epimenides")
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name |
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Epimenides paradox
("Epimenides")
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namedAfter |