Aristocles of Messene
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| Era | Hellenistic philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Peripatetic |
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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] One particularly important fragment is known as the Aristocles Passage in which Pyrrho summarizes his philosophy of Pyrrhonism. This summary includes a translation of the Buddhist three marks of existence into Greek.[5]
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
- ^ Beckwith, Christopher I. (2015). Greek Buddha: Pyrrho's Encounter with Early Buddhism in Central Asia (PDF). Princeton University Press. pp. 22–23. ISBN 9781400866328.
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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