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ι554ἹππόβοτοςHippobotos, HippobotusA philosopher, who asserted that there are 9 schools of philosophers. See under 'school/sect'.Matched in translationhighshort
α3927ἈριστόξενοςAristoxenos, Aristoxenus… Italy. Having taken up residence at Mantinea he became a philosopher, and on applying himself to music showed great talent for it, as a student of his father and of Lampros the Erythraian, then …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1305ΚελσῖνοςKelsinos, CelsinusSon of Eudoros, of Kastabala, philosopher. He wrote a Collection of the views of every philosophical school; etc.Matched in translationhighshort
λ309Λέσχηlounging, lounge; conversation… and places in which men were accustomed to congregate and philosophize. So says, too, Hierocles in [book] 1 of Philosophical Subjects. Herodotus [writes]: "and yet when a conversation had taken place, [sc. about] which …Matched in translationhighmedium
ε2424ἘπίκτητοςEpiktetos, EpictetusOf Hierapolis in Phrygia; a philosopher; a slave of Epaphroditus, one of the bodyguards of the emperor Nero. Disabled in a leg because of a flux, he lived in Nicopolis, [a city] of [the …Matched in translationhighmedium
γ450ΓρηγόριοςGregorios, Gregorius, Gregory… arts of grammar and poetry but excelled even more in philosophy, and was an accomplished rhetor. This man wrote many prose works; for his compositions count together approximately 30000 lines. Amongst them are the …Matched in translationhighlong
λ72ΛακύδηςLakydes, Lacydesson of Alexander of Cyrene; a philosopher, who was head of the new Academy. He wrote philosophical works including On Nature.Matched in translationhighshort
ι27ἸάμβλιχοςIamblichus, IamblichosAnother [Iamblichus], from Chalcis in Syria; philosopher, student of the philosopher Porphyry, [himself] a student of Plotinus, lived in the time of the emperor Constantine. He wrote diverse philosophical books.Matched in translationhighshort
α705ἈθάνατοςimmortalPhilosophers assign the [word] "immortal" to animate things, but the [word] "imperishable" to inanimate ones. "Plato, when maintaining that the soul is immortal, assigns an equivocal term to immortal things. [This is] because what …Matched in translationhighmedium
ι464ἸωάννηςIoannes, JohnGrammarian; of Alexandria; nicknamed Philoponus ["Industrious"]. His writings are very numerous, on grammar, philosophy, arithmetic, rhetoric, Holy Scripture; and against the eighteen arguments of Proclus and against Severus. However, he was rejected by the …Matched in translationhighshort
δ39ΔαμάσκιοςDamaskios, DamasciusStoic philosopher, Syrian, [but] a disciple of Simplicius and Eulalios the Phrygians; he flourished in the time of Justinian. Commentaries on Plato, On First Principles, and Philosophical History were written by him.Matched in translationhighshort
αι286Αἵρεσιςschool, sect… certain type of account. Hippobotus says that there are 9 philosophical schools and ways of life: Megaric, Eretrian, Cyrenaic, Epicurean, Annicerian, Theodorean, Zenonian (the one also [called] Stoic), Academic, Peripatetic. [He does] not [include] …Matched in translationhighmedium
α4361ἈττικόςAttikos, Atticus… [= in] Armenia, and from youth he was taught to philosophize by a monk of the Macedonian sect. Then they were prominent in philosophy all through Sebasteia from their company with Eustathius, who we …Matched in translationhighlong
δ1476ΔῶροςDoros, DorusThe one from Arabia. As Damascius says in his Philosophical History, he was a most remarkable investigator of the truth. Isidore the philosopher perceived initially that he was caught up in Aristotle’s propositions, seeing …Matched in translationhighmedium
κ1852ΚνάπτωI cardWhen someone came to Xenocrates the philosopher to study philosophy, although he knew neither geometry nor astronomy, [Xenocrates] said: "here with me [ = in my school] wool is not carded".Matched in translationhighshort
ει40Εἶδοςappearance, species… genus; as man is a species of animal according to philosophers. "Proclus used to marvel at Isidore's appearance, as it was possessed by the divine and full of the philosophical life within."Matched in translationhighshort
η611Ἡσύχιος ΜιλήσιοςHesychius of Miletus, Hesychios of MiletosSon of Hesychius the lawyer and of Philosophia. Lived during the reign of the emperor Anastasius. He wrote A biographical dictionary or Index of notable literary figures, of which this book [i.e. the Suda …Matched in translationhighmedium
λ297Λεπτολογίαsubtle argument… not devote himself to subtle argument or extend his discourses." Philostratus the Lemnian writes [this] about Apollonius. Hermippos in Demesmen [sc. also uses the word.] "I am already seeking to chop logic, and to …Matched in translationhighshort
α979Ἀκριβήςaccurate, precise… is possible to show that the serious person is inquisitive [philopragmon] by changing "inquisitive" into "curious," for to examine and inquire of celestial matters and the things constituted by nature is to be curious; …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1352ΔομετιανόςDomitian, Domitianus, Dometianos… shorn and brought into court in fetters. And when the philosopher did not relent in his ridicule of the things that had happened on account of him and in his criticism of the things …Matched in translationhighlong
λ802ΛύκειονLykeion, Lyceum… gymnasia in Athens. Theopompus says that Peisistratos created it, but Philochorus [says] that it came into existence under the chairmanship of Pericles.Matched in translationhighshort
μ140ΜάναιχμοςManaichmos, Menaichmos, MenaechmusOf Alopekonnesos, though some say Prokonnesos; a Platonic philosopher. He wrote philosophical works; also a commentary in 3 books on Plato's Republic.Matched in translationhighshort
ι52ἸάσωνJason, Iason… his father's side, but from Rhodes on his mother's side. Philosopher. A pupil of the philosopher Posidonius, and his maternal grandson and successor as head of the school in Rhodes. He wrote Lives of …Matched in translationhighshort
ι159Ἱερατικὴpriest-craft, religion[Priest-craft] and philosophy do not originate from the same sources. But philosophy coming down from the one cause of all things to the foundation of [material] beings, through the middle of all kinds [of …Matched in translationhighmedium
ι631ἸσίδωροςIsidore, IsidorosPhilosopher; he learned philosophy under his brothers, being exceptionally attentive in his studies and in religion; he was competent in the extreme, so to speak, in arranging everything for religious cult. As it seems …Matched in translationhighmedium
α793ἈκαμάτιοςAkamatios, Acamatius… such subjects, he deemed himself worthy to be called a philosopher, and before all he designated himself by this name, and none of the Heliopolitans called him anything other than 'the philosopher'. Let this …Matched in translationhighmedium
α3142Ἀπῆγενled away… Damascius [writes]: "but Sal[l]ustius led the young men away from philosophy, for one or the other of two causes: either to disagree with their teachers, out of hatred for them plotting against their philosophical …Matched in translationhighshort
ι517ἹππαρχίαHipparchiaSister of Metrokles the Cynic, from Maroneia, Cynic philosopher, wife of Krates the Cynic, who was an Athenian, student of Bryson from Achaia, or as some say of Diogenes. She wrote philosophical discussions and …Matched in translationhighshort
ε45Ἐγγαστρίμυθοςventriloquist… [call] a Python, but Sophocles [calls] a chest-diviner, and the philosopher Plato [calls] a Eurycles, from a diviner of such a kind [named] Eurycles. Aristophanes in Wasps [writes]: "mimicing the oracle and device of …Matched in translationhighmedium
ει291Εἰς λατομίαςinto (the) quarriesPhiloxenos the dithyrambic poet could not stand the poetry of the tyrant Dionysius because it was so bad. On one occasion Dionysius sent him to the quarries, but later decided to have him brought …Matched in translationhighmedium

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