E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Philosophers.
The Seven Sages or Wise Men of Greece. Thals, Solon, Chilon, Pit’tacos, Bias, Cleobu’los, Periander; to which add Sosi’ads, Anacharsis the Scythian, Myson the Spartan, Epimen’ids the Cretan, and Pherecy’ds of Syros.
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Philosophers of the Acade’mic sect. Plato, Speusippos, Xenoc’rats, Pol’emon, Crats, Crantor, Arcesila’os, Care’ads, Clitom’achos, Philo, and Anti’ochos.
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Philosophers of the Cynic sect. Antis’thens, Diog’ens of Sino’p, Mon’imos, Onesic’ritos, Crats, Metroc’ls, Hippar’chia, Menippos, and Menede’mos of Lamps’acos.
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Philosophers of the Cyrena’ic sect. Aristippos, Hege’sias, Annic’eris. Theodo’ros, and Bion.
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Philosophers of the Eleac or Eret’riac sect. Phædo, Plis’thens, and Menede’mos of Eret’ria.
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Philosophers of the Eleat’ic sect. Xenoph’anes, Parmen’ids, Melissos, Zeno of Tarsos, Leucippos, Democ’ritos, Protag’oras, and Anaxarchos.
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Philosophers of the Epicure’an sect. Epicu’ros, and a host of disciples.
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Philosophers of the Heracli’tan sect. Heracli’tos; the names of his disciples are unknown.
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Philosophers of the Ionic sect. Anaximander, Anaxim’ens, Anaxag’oras, and Archela’os.
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Philosophers of the Italic sect. Pythag’oras, Emped’ocls, Epicharmos, Archy’tas, Alcmæon, Hip’pasos, Philola’os, and Eudoxos.
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Philosophers of the Megar’ic sect. Euclid, Eubu’lids, Alex’inos, Euphantos, Apollo’nios, Chron’os, Diodo’ros, Ich’thyas, Clinom’achos, and Stilpo.
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Philosophers of the Peripatct’ic sect. Aristotle, Theophrastos, Straton, Lyco, Aristo, Critola’os, and Diodo’ros.
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Philosophers of the Sceptic sect. Pyrrho and Timon.
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Philosophers of the Socratic sect. Soc’rats, Xen’ophon, Æs’chins, Crito, Simon, Glauco, Simmias, and Ce’bs.
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Philosophers of the Stoic sect. Zeno, Cleanths, Chrysippos, Zeno the Less, Diog’enes of Babylon, Antip’ater, Panætios, and Posido’nios.
s, Solon, Chilon, Pit’tacos, Bias, Cleobu’los, Periander; to which add Sosi’ad
