Clinomachus

Clinomachus (Greek: Κλεινόμαχος; 4th-century BC), was a Megarian philosopher from Thurii, Magna Graecia. He is said by Diogenes Laërtius to have been the first who composed treatises on the fundamental principles of dialectics,^[1] and is described as the founder of the Dialectical school.^[2] According to the Suda, he was the disciple of Euclid of Megara,^[3] and he taught Bryson, the teacher of Pyrrho.^[4] He thus lived towards the earlier half of the 4th century BC.

1. ^ Diogenes Laërtius, ii. 112
2. ^ Diogenes Laërtius, i. 19, where the text refers to "Clitomachus."
3. ^ Suda, Sokrates
4. ^ Suda, Pyrrhon

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Cleinomachus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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