Aristocles of Messene
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Aristocles of Messene, a Peripatetic philosopher, who probably lived in the 1st century AD.[1] He may have been the teacher of Alexander of Aphrodisias[2]
According to the Suda[3] and Eudokia, he wrote several works:
- Πότερον σπουδαιότερος Ομηροσ ἢ Πλάτων.
- Τέχναι ῥητορικαί.
- A work on the god Serapis.
- A work on Ethics, in ten books.
- A work on Philosophy, likewise 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.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ Suda, Aristokles.
- ^ Eusebius, Praep. Evang., xiv, xv.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).
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