Megarics

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The Megarics (sometimes also dialectics or eristic ) were a group of Greek philosophers of antiquity who lived in the period from the 5th to the 3rd century BC. Lived.

The first Megaric was Euclid of Megara , all others are called the successors of Euclid or his disciples. Another thing they have in common is their preoccupation with dialectical (today one would say: logical ) questions. The Megarics had no permanent training center, nor were they linked in an organization. A continuous residence in the city of Megara is documented for Euclid of Megara and Stilpon alone .

Lore

All the writings of the Megarics are lost. All that has been preserved is a quote from a writing by Euclid from Megara as well as several ancient reports about the life and teachings of the Megarians. The most important of these sources is the ancient historian of philosophy Diogenes Laertios .

Representative

Besides Euclid of Megara (around 450 to 368 BC), the following Megarists are known today: In the 4th century BC Chr. Acted Bryson of Heraclea , Kleinomachos of Thurioi , Eubulides , Dionysios of Chalkedon and Polyxenos (belonging to the Megarians controversial); in the late 4th and 3rd centuries BC Chr. Worked Alexinus , Panthoides , Diodorus Cronus , Philo of Megara and Stilpon .

reception

Already Cicero (106 to 43 BC) counted the Megarics (as well as the Eretriker , the Herilleer and the Pyrrhoneer ) among the long forgotten philosophers.

Source collections

  • Klaus Döring : The mega-riders. Annotated Collection of Testimonies , Grüner, Amsterdam 1971, (Studies on Ancient Philosophy 2), ISBN 90-6032-003-4
  • Gabriele Giannantoni (Ed.): Socratis et Socraticorum Reliquiae , Volume 2, Bibliopolis, Naples 1990, Sections II-A to II-S ( online )
  • Robert Muller: Les mégariques. Fragments et témoignages , Vrin, Paris 1985

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cicero, De oratore 3.62.