Biography:Aristocles of Messene
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Short description: 1st-century AD Greek philosopher
Aristocles of Messene | |
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| Born | Messene |
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| Era | Hellenistic philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Peripatetic |
Main interests | History |
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Aristocles of Messene (/əˈrɪstəˌkliːz/; Greek: Ἀριστοκλῆς ὁ Μεσσήνιος), in Sicily,[1] was a Peripatetic philosopher, who probably lived in the 1st century AD.[2] He may have been the teacher of Alexander of Aphrodisias.[3]
According to the Suda[1] and Eudokia, he wrote several works:
- Πότερον σπουδαιότερος Ὅμηρος ἢ Πλάτων – Whether Homer or Plato is more Worthy.
- Τέχναι ῥητορικαί – Arts of Rhetoric.
- A work on the god Serapis.
- A work on Ethics, in nine books.
- A work on Philosophy, in ten books.
The last of these works appears to have been a history of philosophy in which he wrote about the philosophers, their schools, and doctrines. Several fragments of it are preserved in Eusebius' work Praeparatio Evangelica.[4]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Suda, Aristokles
- ↑ Karamanolis, G., (2006), Plato and Aristotle in Agreement?: Platonists on Aristotle from Antiochus to Porphyry, page 37. Oxford University Press.
- ↑ Cyrill. c. Jul. ii. The correct reading of this passage is in doubt and may refer instead to Aristotle of Mytilene.
- ↑ Eusebius, Praeparatio Evangelica, xiv, xv.
References
- Maria Lorenza Chiesara (ed.), Aristocles of Messene. Testimonia and Fragments, New York, Oxford University Press, 2001.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed (1870). "Aristocles". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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