Philosopher
Euclid of Megara
Overview
Euclid of Megara (; Ancient Greek: Εὐκλείδης Eucleides; c. 435 – c. 365 BC) was a Greek Socratic philosopher who founded the Megarian school of philosophy. He was a pupil of Socrates in the late 5th century BC, and was present at his death. He held the supreme good to be one, eternal and unchangeable, and denied the existence of anything contrary to the good. Editors and translators in the Middle Ages often confused him with Euclid of Alexandria when discussing the latter's Elements.
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Philosophers who discussed Euclid of Megara
Ideas Euclid of Megara discusses
- Athens
- Stilpo
- Megarian school
- Philosophy
- Dialogue
- Translation
- Middle Ages
- Stoicism
- Megara
- Reductio ad absurdum
- Plato
- Euclid's Elements
- Socrates
- Aristotle
- Form of the Good
- Zeno of Citium
- Logic
- Peripatetic school
- Theaetetus (dialogue)
- Eleatics
- Ancient Greece
- Diogenes Laertius
- Euclid
- Eubulides
Place in the tradition
Part of Ancient Greek philosophy.