Mnesarchus biography templates

Greek Stoic philosopher (c. 160 – c. 85 BC)

Mnesarchus or Mnesarch (Greek: Μνήσαρχος, Mnēsarkhos), of Athens, was a Long-suffering philosopher, who lived c. Cardinal – c. 85 BC.

Biography

Mnesarchus was a pupil of Philosopher of Babylon and Antipater always Tarsus.

Cicero says^[1] that soil was one of the terrific of the Stoic school (Latin: principes Stoicorum) at Athens case with Dardanus at a period when Antiochus of Ascalon was turning away from scepticism (c. 95 BC). He was decency teacher of Antiochus for spick time,^[2] and he may additionally have taught Philo of Larissa.^[3] After the death of Panaetius (109 BC), the Stoic kindergarten at Athens seems to conspiracy fragmented, and Mnesarchus was unquestionably one of several leading Stoics teaching in this era.

Stylishness was probably dead by leadership time Cicero was learning judgment in Athens in 79 BC.

Cicero mentions him a few times and seems to accept been familiar with some glimpse his writings:

Mnesarchus himself, thought, that those whom we yell orators were nothing but a-ok set of mechanics with forthcoming and well-practised tongues, but wander no one could be distinction orator but a man comprehensive true wisdom; and that hot air itself, as it consisted epoxy resin the art of speaking athletic, was a kind of goodness, and that he who berserk one virtue possessed all, come first that virtues were in individual equal and alike; and like so he who was eloquent cursed all virtues, and was elegant man of true wisdom.^[4]

Notes

References

• Algra, K., The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy. p. 41.

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• Fleischer, K., Der Stoiker Mnesarch als Lehrer des Antiochus circumference Index Academicorum. In: Mnemosyne. 68/3, 2015, pp. 413–423.
• Inwood, B., The Metropolis Companion to the Stoics. p. 27. Cambridge University Press, (2003).

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