Philosopher

Clearchus of Soli

Overview

Clearchus of Soli (Greek: Kλέαρχoς ὁ Σολεύς, Klearkhos ho Soleus) was a Greek philosopher of the 4th–3rd century BCE, belonging to Aristotle's Peripatetic school. He was born in Soli in Cyprus.

He wrote extensively on eastern cultures, and is thought to have traveled to the Bactrian city of Ai-Khanoum (Alexandria on the Oxus) in modern Afghanistan.

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Philosophers who discussed Clearchus of Soli

• Hecataeus of Abdera

Ideas Clearchus of Soli discusses

• India
• Iran
• Republic (Plato)
• Athenaeus
• Magi
• Plato
• Boston
• Aristotle
• Gymnosophists
• Greeks
• Peripatetic school
• Timaeus (dialogue)
• Afghanistan
• Alexander the Great
• Delphi
• Diogenes Laertius
• Routledge
• Kalanos

Place in the tradition

Part of Peripatetic school.

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