Clinomachus

Clinomachus (Greek: Κλεινόμαχος; 4th-century BCE), was a Megarian philosopher from Thurii. He is said by Diogenes Laërtius to have been the first who composed treatises on the fundamental principles of dialectics,^[1] and he is described as the founder of the Dialectical school.^[2] According to the Suda, he was the disciple of Euclid of Megara,^[3] and he taught Bryson, the teacher of Pyrrho.^[4] He thus lived towards the earlier half of the 4th century BC.

Notes

1. ^ Diogenes Laërtius, ii. 112
2. ^ Diogenes Laërtius, i. 19, where the text refers to "Clitomachus."
3. ^ Suda, Sokrates
4. ^ Suda, Pyrrhon

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).