Clinomachus

4th-century BC Greek philosopher

Clinomachus (Greek: Κλεινόμαχος; 4th-century BC), was a Megarian philosopher from Thurii, Magna Graecia. He is said by Diogenes Laërtius to have been the first who composed treatises on the fundamental principles of dialectics,^[1] and 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

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

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Cleinomachus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.