Megarian school

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The Megarian school was an ancient Greek philosophical movement, founded by Euclid of Megara, known for its focus on logic, dialectical argument, and the nature of possibility and necessity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Socratic school
ancient Greek philosophical school
associatedWith Eleatic monism
Socratic dialogues tradition
coreBelief denial of change in the Eleatic tradition
identification of the Good with the One
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
era Classical Greek philosophy
focus analysis of propositions
conditions for truth and falsity of statements
foundedBy Euclid of Megara
hasConcept logical necessity
logical possibility
master argument of Diodorus
strict conditional
historicalPeriod 4th century BCE
influenced Stoic logic
Stoicism
surface form: Stoic school
influencedBy Eleatic school
Parmenides
Socrates
knownFor development of propositional logic
logical paradoxes
study of modal logic
use of dialectical argument
language Ancient Greek
mainInterest dialectic
logic
modal concepts
necessity
possibility
namedAfter Megara
notableMember Diodorus Cronus
Eubulides of Miletus
Euclid of Megara
Ichthyas
Stilpo
opposedViewTo Aristotelian potentiality
philosophicalDiscipline ethics
logic
metaphysics
philosophicalMethod eristic argument
reductio ad absurdum
region Megara
relatedSchool Cynic school
Stoicism
surface form: Stoic school
tradition Western philosophy

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Clinomachus associatedWith Megarian school
Ichthyas of Megara associatedWith Megarian school
Ichthyas of Megara educatedAt Megarian school
Euclid of Megara founded Megarian school
Megara hasPhilosophicalSchool Megarian school
Eleatic school influenced Megarian school
School of Socrates influenced Megarian school
Megara knownFor Megarian school
this entity surface form: Megarian school of philosophy
Eubulides of Miletus memberOf Megarian school
Ichthyas of Megara memberOf Megarian school
Euclid of Megara movement Megarian school
Eubulides of Miletus philosophicalSchool Megarian school
Euclid of Megara philosophicalSchool Megarian school
Ichthyas of Megara philosophicalSchool Megarian school