Philosopher
Philip of Opus
Overview
Philip (or Philippus) of Opus (Greek: Φίλιππος Ὀπούντιος, fl. 4th century BC) was a philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician. He was a member of Plato's Academy and after the master's death, edited his last work, Laws. He is generally considered the author of the Platonic Epinomis (On the Laws), a follow-on conversation among the same interlocutors.
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Philosophers who discussed Philip of Opus
Ideas Philip of Opus discusses
- Athens
- Laws (dialogue)
- Xenocrates
- Anaxagoras
- Moralia
- Colophon (city)
- Xenophanes
- Pythagoras
- Platonic Academy
- Euclid's Elements
- Socrates
- Abdera, Thrace
- Thales of Miletus
- Aristotle
- Samos
- Eretria
- Pseudo-Plutarch
- Pliny the Elder
- Eudoxus of Cnidus
- Werner Jaeger
- Speusippus
- Miletus
- Natural History (Pliny)
- Suda
Place in the tradition
Part of Platonic Academy.