Kleinomachos of Thurioi

Kleinomachos of Thurioi ( ancient Greek Κλεινόμαχος Kleinómachos ) was an ancient Greek philosopher . Presumably he lived in the 4th century BC. Chr. One counts him to the current of the Megariker .

No writings from Minomomachos have survived, a few testimony (ancient accounts of life and doctrine) can be found with the authors Diogenes Laertios and Pseudo-Galenus as well as in the Suda , a Byzantine encyclopedia of the 9th century.

Life

According to ancient reports, Kleinomachus was a student of the philosopher Euclid of Megara . Speusippos made him the title character of one of his lost dialogues.

Teaching

Diogenes Laertios has reported that Kleinomachos was the first to write "about statements (axiōmátōn) and predicates (katēgorēmátōn) and things like that". In the opinion of Klaus Döring , this note must conceal considerable merits, no longer comprehensible today, for the further development of dialectics.

Source collections

Klaus Döring : The mega-riders. Annotated collection of testimony (= studies on ancient philosophy 2). Grüner, Amsterdam 1971, ISBN 90-6032-003-4
Gabriele Giannantoni (Ed.): Socratis et Socraticorum Reliquiae , Volume 2, Bibliopolis, Naples 1990, Section II-I ( online )
Robert Muller: Les mégariques. Fragments et témoignages , Vrin, Paris 1985, p. 29

literature

Klaus Döring : Kleinomachos from Thurioi . In: Hellmut Flashar (ed.): Outline of the history of philosophy . The philosophy of antiquity , Volume 2/1, Schwabe, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7965-1036-1 , p. 212
Robert Muller: Cleinomaque de Thurium (Clinomaque). In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques. Volume 2, CNRS Éditions, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-271-05195-9 , pp. 422-423

Remarks

^ Suda S 829, entry Sokrates ( online ); see. Diogenes Laertios, On the Life and Teachings of the Philosophers 2,112.
↑ Diogenes Laertios, On the Life and Teachings of the Philosophers 4.4.
^ Diogenes Laertios, On the Life and Teachings of the Philosophers 2,112.
^ Klaus Döring: Kleinomachos from Thurioi . In: Hellmut Flashar (ed.): Outline of the history of philosophy. The philosophy of antiquity , Volume 2/1, Schwabe, Basel 1998, p. 212.

personal data
SURNAME	Kleinomachos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient Greek philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH	uncertain: 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	uncertain: 4th century BC Chr.

[1] Suda S 829, entry Sokrates ( online ); see. Diogenes Laertios, On the Life and Teachings of the Philosophers 2,112.

[2] Diogenes Laertios, On the Life and Teachings of the Philosophers 4.4.

[3] Diogenes Laertios, On the Life and Teachings of the Philosophers 2,112.

[4] Klaus Döring: Kleinomachos from Thurioi . In: Hellmut Flashar (ed.): Outline of the history of philosophy. The philosophy of antiquity , Volume 2/1, Schwabe, Basel 1998, p. 212.