Megaric
- a word derived from Megara.
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At Megara Plato passed some time with the Megarian Eucleides, his fellow-disciple in the society of Socrates and the founder of what is termed the Megaric school of philosophers.
From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
He migrated first to Megara, where his friend and fellow-disciple Euclid was then founding the Megaric school.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
Though he had heretofore been somewhat acquainted with the doctrines of Socrates, he became a disciple of the Cynics, subsequently studying in the Megaric school, and then making himself acquainted with Platonism.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William
With the Megaric school is usually classified the Cyrenaic founded by Aristippus.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William
The Megaric philosophy was a combination of the thought of Socrates with that of the Eleatics.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)
