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See also:EUCLID [EucLEIDES] , of See also:Megara, founder of the Megarian (also called the eristic or See also:dialectic) school of See also:philosophy, was See also:born c. 450 s.c., probably at Megara, though See also:Gela in See also:Sicily has also been named as his birthplace (See also:Diogenes Lacrtius ii. 1o6), and died in 374. He was one of the most devoted of the disciples of See also:Socrates. Aulus See also:Gellius (vi. io) states that, when a See also:decree was passed forbidding the Megarians to enter See also:Athens, he regularly visited his See also:master by See also:night in the disguise of a woman; and he was one of the little See also:band of intimate See also:friends who listened to the last discourse. He withdrew subsequently with a number of See also:fellow disciples to Megara, and it has been conjectured, though there is no See also:direct See also:evidence, that this was the See also:period of See also:Plato's See also:residence in Megara, of which indications appear in the Theaetetus. He is said to have written six dialogues, of which only the titles have been preserved. For his See also:doctrine (a See also:combination of the principles of Parmenides and Socrates) see MEGARIAN SCHOOL. End of Article: EUCLID [EucLEIDES]Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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