Anaxarchus (/ˌænəɡˈzɑːrkəs/; Greek: Ἀνάξαρχος; c. 380 – c. 320 BC) was a Greek philosopher of the school of Democritus. Together with Pyrrho, he accompanied Alexander the Great into Asia. The reports of his philosophical views suggest that he was a forerunner of the Greek skeptics.
with Callisthenes, Anaxarchus advised all to worship Alexander as a god even during his lifetime. In contrast, others paint Anaxarchus as scathingly ironic...
that after Anaxarchus fell into a muddy puddle, Pyrrho walked by without offering assistance, an act that was later praised by Anaxarchus himself. As...
China, or the Indian philosophy of Maya, or in ancient Greek philosophy Anaxarchus and Monimus likened existing things to a scene-painting and supposed them...
Pythagoras, Empedocles, Zeno of Elea, Anaxagoras, Socrates, Diogenes, Anaxarchus, Stilpo). He also wrote on the population of Alexandria, and a work On...
AD Neoplatonic Plotinus' teacher Anaxagoras 5th century BC Pluralist Anaxarchus 4th century BC Atomist first Greek to attempt the problem of squaring...
Protagoras, Nessos of Chios, Metrodorus of Chios, Diogenes of Smyrna, Anaxarchus, and finally Pyrrho. Because of his development of the concept of a "one...
himself to his relatives; this is because he had heard an Indian reproach Anaxarchus, telling him that he would never be able to teach others what is good...
sources state that Nicocreon the tyrant had Anaxarchus pounded to death in a mortar with iron pestles; Anaxarchus is said to have made light of the punishment...
Worlds—and Lucretius who elaborates this Doctrine in his work De rerum natura. Anaxarchus told Alexander the Great that there were an infinite number of worlds...
Nicocreon is his putting to death in a barbarous manner the philosopher Anaxarchus in revenge for an insult which the latter had offered him on the occasion...
of Sparta Anaxandridas II – King of Sparta Anaxandrides – philosopher Anaxarchus – philosopher Anaxidamus – King of Sparta Anaxilas of Rhegium – tyrant...
himself. He is said to have taught Diogenes of Smyrna, who, in turn, taught Anaxarchus. Metrodorus was a complete sceptic. He accepted the Democritean theory...
attaining knowledge. According to Sextus Empiricus, Monimus was like Anaxarchus because they "compared existing things to a scene-painting and supposed...
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