Greek Megarian school philosopher (c.360–c. 280 BC)
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Stilpo of Megara
Stilpo, depicted as a medieval scholar in the Nuremberg Chronicle, where he is called "Silphon".[1]
Born
c. 360 BC
Megara
Died
c. 280 BC
Era
Ancient philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
Megarian school
Main interests
Logic, dialectic, ethics
Notable ideas
The universal is fundamentally separated from the individual and concrete
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Stilpo or Stilpon (Greek: Στίλπων, Stílpōn; c. 360 – c. 280 BC)[2], in Latin sources also Stilbo or Stilbon,[3] was a Greek philosopher of the Megarian school. He was a contemporary of Theophrastus, Diodorus Cronus, and Crates of Thebes. None of his writings survive, but he is described in the writings of others as being interested in logic and dialectic, and he argued that the universal is fundamentally separated from the individual and concrete. His ethical teachings approached that of the Cynics and Stoics. His most important followers were Pyrrho, the founder of Pyrrhonism, and Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism.
^Die Schedelsche Weltchronik, 083
^Dorandi 1999, p. 52.
^For example, Seneca uses Stilbon; see Baraz 2016, p. 163.
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