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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Megarian school canonical | 23 |
| Megarian school of philosophy | 4 |
| Megarian school tradition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T618750 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Megarian school Context triple: [Euclid of Megara, movement, Megarian school]
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Ionian School of literature
The Ionian School of literature was a 19th-century Greek literary movement centered in the Ionian Islands, known for its romantic nationalism, lyrical poetry, and significant role in shaping modern Greek literary identity.
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Cyrenaic school of philosophy
The Cyrenaic school of philosophy was an ancient Greek hedonistic movement, founded in Cyrene, that taught immediate physical pleasure as the highest good and the primary aim of life.
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School of Socrates
The School of Socrates was the informal circle of students and followers gathered around the philosopher Socrates in classical Athens, which later gave rise to several major Socratic schools of thought.
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Sophists
Sophists were itinerant professional teachers and intellectuals in ancient Greece, known for their skill in rhetoric and argumentation, often criticized for prioritizing persuasive success over truth.
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Cynic school
The Cynic school was an ancient Greek philosophical movement that advocated for a life of virtue in accordance with nature, rejecting conventional desires for wealth, power, and social status.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Megarian school Target entity description: 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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A.
Ionian School of literature
The Ionian School of literature was a 19th-century Greek literary movement centered in the Ionian Islands, known for its romantic nationalism, lyrical poetry, and significant role in shaping modern Greek literary identity.
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B.
Cyrenaic school of philosophy
The Cyrenaic school of philosophy was an ancient Greek hedonistic movement, founded in Cyrene, that taught immediate physical pleasure as the highest good and the primary aim of life.
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C.
School of Socrates
The School of Socrates was the informal circle of students and followers gathered around the philosopher Socrates in classical Athens, which later gave rise to several major Socratic schools of thought.
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D.
Sophists
Sophists were itinerant professional teachers and intellectuals in ancient Greece, known for their skill in rhetoric and argumentation, often criticized for prioritizing persuasive success over truth.
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E.
Cynic school
The Cynic school was an ancient Greek philosophical movement that advocated for a life of virtue in accordance with nature, rejecting conventional desires for wealth, power, and social status.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Socratic school
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ancient Greek philosophical school ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eleatic monism
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Socratic dialogues tradition ⓘ |
| coreBelief |
denial of change in the Eleatic tradition
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identification of the Good with the One ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| era | Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| focus |
analysis of propositions
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conditions for truth and falsity of statements ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Euclid of Megara ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
logical necessity
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logical possibility ⓘ master argument of Diodorus ⓘ strict conditional ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| influenced |
Stoic logic
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Stoicism ⓘ
surface form:
Stoic school
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| influencedBy |
Eleatic school
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Parmenides ⓘ Socrates ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of propositional logic
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logical paradoxes ⓘ study of modal logic ⓘ use of dialectical argument ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
dialectic
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logic ⓘ modal concepts ⓘ necessity ⓘ possibility ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Megara ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Diodorus Cronus
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Eubulides of Miletus ⓘ Euclid of Megara ⓘ Ichthyas ⓘ Stilpo ⓘ |
| opposedViewTo | Aristotelian potentiality ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
ethics
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logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ |
| philosophicalMethod |
eristic argument
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reductio ad absurdum ⓘ |
| region | Megara ⓘ |
| relatedSchool |
Cynic school
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Stoicism ⓘ
surface form:
Stoic school
|
| tradition | Western philosophy ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Megarian school Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Megarian school tradition
this entity surface form:
Megarian school of philosophy