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Timon of Phlius

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Timon of Phlius (Tímōn ho Phliásios, Τίμωνος,; BCc. 235 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher from the Hellenistic period, who was the student of Pyrrho. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 43 relations: Aenesidemus, Alexander Aetolus, Ancient Greek, Antigonus II Gonatas, Antigonus of Carystus, Apollonides of Nicaea, Aratus, Aristocles of Messene, Athens, Chalcedon, Dance, Dardanelles, Democritus, Diogenes Laertius, Elegiac, Elis (city), Epistemology, Eusebius, Hellenistic period, Hellenistic philosophy, Homer, Homerus of Byzantium, Hypothesis, Iambus (genre), Megara, Phlius, Praeparatio evangelica, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Pyrrho, Pyrrhonism, Pythia, Robert Gregg Bury, Satire, Sea of Marmara, Sextus Empiricus, Skepticism, Sophist, Sotion, Stilpo, Suda, Thebes, Greece, Western philosophy, Xenophanes.

  2. 230s BC deaths
  3. 320s BC births
  4. 3rd-century BC poets
  5. 3rd-century BC writers
  6. Ancient Greek epistemologists
  7. Ancient Greek satirists
  8. Ancient Phliasians
  9. Ancient Skeptic philosophers
  10. Pyrrhonism

Aenesidemus

Aenesidemus (Αἰνησίδημος or Αἰνεσίδημος) was a 1st-century BC Greek Pyrrhonist philosopher from Knossos who revived the doctrines of Pyrrho and introduced ten skeptical "modes" (tropai) for the suspension of judgment. Timon of Phlius and Aenesidemus are ancient Greek epistemologists and Pyrrhonism.

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Alexander Aetolus

Alexander Aetolus (Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Αἰτωλός, Alexandros ho Aitōlos) or Alexander the Aetolian was a Hellenistic Greek poet and grammarian, who worked at the Library of Alexandria and composed poetry in a variety of genres, now almost entirely lost. Timon of Phlius and Alexander Aetolus are 3rd-century BC poets and ancient Greek poets.

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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Antigonus II Gonatas

Antigonus II Gonatas (Ἀντίγονος Γονατᾶς,; – 239 BC) was a Macedonian ruler who solidified the position of the Antigonid dynasty in Macedon after a long period defined by anarchy and chaos and acquired fame for his victory over the Gauls who had invaded the Balkans. Timon of Phlius and Antigonus II Gonatas are 320s BC births.

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Antigonus of Carystus

Antigonus of Carystus (Ἀντίγονος ὁ Καρύστιος; Antigonus Carystius), a Greek writer on various subjects, flourished in the 3rd century BCE. Timon of Phlius and Antigonus of Carystus are 3rd-century BC Greek philosophers.

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Apollonides of Nicaea

Apollonides of Nicaea (Ἀπολλωνίδης ὁ Νικαεύς) lived in the time of the Roman emperor Tiberius, to whom he dedicated a commentary on the Silloi of Timon of Phlius.

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Aratus

Aratus (Ἄρατος ὁ Σολεύς; c. 315/310 240 BC) was a Greek didactic poet. Timon of Phlius and Aratus are 3rd-century BC poets and ancient Greek poets.

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Aristocles of Messene

Aristocles of Messene (Ἀριστοκλῆς ὁ Μεσσήνιος), in Sicily,Suda, Aristokles was a Peripatetic philosopher, who probably lived in the 1st century AD.

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Athens

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Chalcedon

Chalcedon (Χαλκηδών||; sometimes transliterated as Khalqedon) was an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor.

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Dance

Dance is an art form, often classified as a sport, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected.

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Dardanelles

The Dardanelles (lit; translit), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli (after the Gallipoli peninsula) and in Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont (Helle), is a narrow, natural strait and internationally significant waterway in northwestern Turkey that forms part of the continental boundary between Asia and Europe and separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey.

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Democritus

Democritus (Δημόκριτος, Dēmókritos, meaning "chosen of the people"; –) was an Ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from Abdera, primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe. Timon of Phlius and Democritus are ancient Greek epistemologists.

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Diogenes Laertius

Diogenes Laërtius (Διογένης Λαέρτιος) was a biographer of the Greek philosophers.

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Elegiac

The adjective elegiac has two possible meanings.

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Elis (city)

Elis (Ἦλις,, in the local dialect: Ϝᾶλις, Modern Elida) was the capital city of the ancient polis (city-state) of Elis, in ancient Greece.

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Epistemology

Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge.

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Eusebius

Eusebius of Caesarea (Εὐσέβιος τῆς Καισαρείας; 260/265 – 30 May 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilus (from the Εὐσέβιος τοῦ Παμφίλου), was a Greek Syro-Palestinian historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian polemicist.

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Hellenistic period

In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the Roman conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the following year, which eliminated the last major Hellenistic kingdom.

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Hellenistic philosophy

Hellenistic philosophy is Ancient Greek philosophy corresponding to the Hellenistic period in Ancient Greece, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.

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Homer

Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.

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Homerus of Byzantium

Homer of Byzantium (Greek: Ὅμηρος ὁ Βυζάντιος) was an ancient Greek grammarian and tragic poet.

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Hypothesis

A hypothesis (hypotheses) is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon.

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Iambus (genre)

Iambus or iambic poetry was a genre of ancient Greek poetry that included but was not restricted to the iambic meter and whose origins modern scholars have traced to the cults of Demeter and Dionysus.

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Megara

Megara (Μέγαρα) is a historic town and a municipality in West Attica, Greece.

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Phlius

Phlius (Φλιοῦς) or Phleius (Φλειοῦς) was an independent polis (city-state) in the northeastern part of Peloponnesus.

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Praeparatio evangelica

Preparation for the Gospel (Εὐαγγελικὴ προπαρασκευή, Euangelikē proparaskeuē), commonly known by its Latin title Praeparatio evangelica, is a work of Christian apologetics written by Eusebius in the early part of the fourth century AD.

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Ptolemy II Philadelphus

Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Ptolemaîos Philádelphos, "Ptolemy, sibling-lover"; 309 – 28 January 246 BC) was the pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt from 284 to 246 BC.

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Pyrrho

Pyrrho of Elis (Pyrrhо̄n ho Ēleios), born in Elis, Greece, was a Greek philosopher of Classical antiquity, credited as being the first Greek skeptic philosopher and founder of Pyrrhonism. Timon of Phlius and Pyrrho are ancient Greek epistemologists, ancient Skeptic philosophers and Pyrrhonism.

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Pyrrhonism

Pyrrhonism is an Ancient Greek school of philosophical skepticism which rejects dogma and advocates the suspension of judgement over the truth of all beliefs.

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Pythia

Pythia (Πυθία) was the name of the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.

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Robert Gregg Bury

Robert Gregg Bury (22 March 1869 – 11 February 1951) was an Irish clergyman, classicist, philologist, and a translator of the works of Plato and Sextus Empiricus into English.

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Satire

Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.

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Sea of Marmara

The Sea of Marmara, also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea, is a small inland sea located entirely within the borders of Turkey.

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Sextus Empiricus

Sextus Empiricus (Σέξτος Ἐμπειρικός) was a Greek Pyrrhonist philosopher and Empiric school physician with Roman citizenship. Timon of Phlius and Sextus Empiricus are ancient Greek epistemologists and Pyrrhonism.

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Skepticism

Skepticism, also spelled scepticism in British English, is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma.

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Sophist

A sophist (sophistēs) was a teacher in ancient Greece in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE.

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Sotion

Sotion of Alexandria (Σωτίων, gen.: Σωτίωνος; fl. c. 200 – 170 BC) was a Greek doxographer and biographer, and an important source for Diogenes Laërtius.

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Stilpo

Stilpo or Stilpon (Στίλπων, Stílpōn; c. 360 – c. 280 BC), in Latin sources also Stilbo or Stilbon, was a Greek philosopher of the Megarian school.

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Suda

The Suda or Souda (Soûda; Suidae Lexicon) is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas (Σουίδας).

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Thebes, Greece

Thebes (Θήβα, Thíva; Θῆβαι, Thêbai.) is a city in Boeotia, Central Greece, and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

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Western philosophy

Western philosophy, the part of philosophical thought and work of the Western world.

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Xenophanes

Xenophanes of Colophon (Ξενοφάνης ὁ Κολοφώνιος; c. 570 – c. 478 BC) was a Greek philosopher, theologian, poet, and critic of Homer from Ionia who travelled throughout the Greek-speaking world in early Classical Antiquity. Timon of Phlius and Xenophanes are ancient Greek epistemologists, ancient Greek satirists and ancient Skeptic philosophers.

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See also

230s BC deaths

320s BC births

3rd-century BC poets

3rd-century BC writers

Ancient Greek epistemologists

Ancient Greek satirists

Ancient Phliasians

Ancient Skeptic philosophers

Pyrrhonism

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timon_of_Phlius

Also known as Silloi, Timon (philosopher), Timon of Philius.