Dicaearchus

Table of Contents

Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics

Read Next

Plato (left) and Aristotle, detail from School of Athens, fresco by Raphael, 1508-11; in the Stanza della Segnatura, the Vatican. Plato points to the heavens and the realm of Forms, Aristotle to the earth and the realm of things.

Plato and Aristotle: How Do They Differ?

Well-balanced of stones on the top of boulder

What’s the Difference Between Morality and Ethics?

Aristotle (384-322 BC), Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist. One of the most influential philosophers in the history of Western thought, Aristotle established the foundations for the modern scientific method of enquiry. Statue

Philosophers to Know, Part I

Aristotle statue located at Stageira of Greece

Aristotle at 2,400

Philosophers to Know, Part II

Discover

The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Orange basketball on black background and with low key lighting. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

Black widow spider

9 of the World’s Deadliest Spiders

pg 229Nazi parade features a banner proclaiming, "Death to Marxism."The possibility of a peaceful Germany after World War I was precluded entirely by the terms of the Versailles Treaty and theintransigent hostility of France and England. Stripped of indu

Were the Nazis Socialists?

Union Jack flag of Great Britain, united kingdom

What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Why We Celebrate MLK Day

Demystified - Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide? illustration

Do Lemmings Really Commit Mass Suicide?

Dicaearchus: Facts & Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Flourished	345 BCE - 295 BCE

Theophrastus

Theophrastus

Greek philosopher

Aristoxenus

Greek philosopher

Straton Of Lampsacus

Greek philosopher

Aristotle

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Socrates

Socrates

Greek philosopher

Plato

Plato

Greek philosopher

Epicurus

Greek philosopher

Democritus

Democritus

Greek philosopher

St. Justin Martyr

Christian apologist

Xenocrates

Greek philosopher

Epictetus

Greek philosopher

Diogenes.

Diogenes

Greek philosopher

Archytas of Tarentum

Greek mathematician

Proclus

Greek philosopher

Numenius of Apamea

Greek philosopher

Poseidonius

Poseidonius

Greek philosopher

Speusippus

Greek philosopher

Pythagoras

Greek philosopher and mathematician

Menippus

Greek philosopher

Nicomachus of Gerasa

Nicomachus of Gerasa

Roman philosopher and mathematician

Quiz

Agathon (centre) greeting guests in Plato's Symposium, oil on canvas by Anselm Feuerbach, 1869; in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany.

Philosophy 101