Kratippus of Pergamon
Kratippos of Pergamon ( Greek Κράτιππος Krátippos , Latinized Marcus Tullius Cratippus ; * in Pergamon ) was an ancient Greek philosopher in the 1st century BC. His writings are lost and he is only known from - partly extensive - mentions, especially by Cicero , but also by Plutarch .
Kratippos was a peripatetic and was a close friend of Cicero, whom he 51 BC. In Mytilene . In Mytilene he stayed at least until 48 BC. . Because he BC Pompey before the Battle of Pharsalus visited to him with the doctrine of providence to console. Cicero himself and Brutus were instructed by Kratippos. No later than 44 BC He was at the school of Peripatos in Athens, where 44/43 BC. C. Cicero's son Marcus became his student and apparently accompanied him on a trip to Asia. Cicero's esteem for the philosopher, whom he counted among the most important of the Peripatos, went so far that he asked Caesar to grant him Roman citizenship and called on the Areopagus in Athens to issue a decree asking Kratippos to come to Athens as a teacher remain as an ornament of the city.
Nothing is known about his work or the world of ideas, his teaching, except that he believed prophecies and attached importance to dreams. He seems to have left a work on the dreams alone, and in this context Cicero passed down the text of the only teaching decision made by Kratippos.
literature
- Tiziano Dorandi: Cratippos de Pergame (M. Tullius). In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques. Volume 2, CNRS Éditions, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-271-05195-9 , pp. 501-503
- Inna Kupreeva: Kratippus of Pergamon. In: Christoph Riedweg et al. (Hrsg.): Philosophy of the imperial era and late antiquity (= outline of the history of philosophy . The philosophy of antiquity. Volume 5/1). Schwabe, Basel 2018, ISBN 978-3-7965-3698-4 , pp. 282–284
Remarks
- ↑ Cicero, De officiis 3.2.
- ↑ Plutarch, Pompeius 75: 3-4.
- ↑ Cicero, Brutus 31; Epistulae ad familiares 12.16; 16.21.
- ↑ Cicero, De officiis 1.1; 2.2.
- ↑ Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares 12, 16.
- ↑ Cicero, De officiis 3.2; Timaeus 1.
- ^ Plutarch, Cicero 24.
- ↑ Cicero, De divinatione 1.3; 1.32; 1.50; 1.70-71; 2.48; 2.52.
- ^ Tertullian , De anima 46.
- ↑ Cicero, De divinatione 1.5; 1.70-71.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kratippus of Pergamon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cratippus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pergamon |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC Chr. |