Simmias of Syracuse
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Simmias of Syracuse is mentioned by Diogenes Laërtius
as a pupil, first of Aristotle of Cyrene
, and afterwards of Stilpo
, the Megarian philosopher. He was married to Stilpo's daughter. Nothing further is known of him.
Diogenes Laertius
Diogenes Laertius was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. Nothing is known about his life, but his surviving Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is one of the principal surviving sources for the history of Greek philosophy.-Life:Nothing is definitively known about his life...
as a pupil, first of Aristotle of Cyrene
Aristotle of Cyrene
Aristotle of Cyrene was a Greek philosopher who may have belonged to the Cyrenaic school.He was a native of Cyrene, and a contemporary of Stilpo. He taught Cleitarchus and Simmias of Syracuse before they became pupils of Stilpo. It has generally been assumed that Aristotle was a member of the...
, and afterwards of Stilpo
Stilpo
Stilpo was a Greek philosopher of the Megarian school. He was a contemporary of Theophrastus, Diodorus Cronus, and Crates of Thebes. None of his writings survive, he was interested in logic and dialectic, and he argued that the universal is fundamentally separated from the individual and concrete...
, the Megarian philosopher. He was married to Stilpo's daughter. Nothing further is known of him.