Hegesinus Of Pergamon

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Short description: Ancient Greek Academic Skeptic philosopher

Hegesinus of Pergamon (Greek: Ἡγησίνους, translit. Hēgēsínous), was an Academic Skeptic philosopher from Pergamon. He was the successor of Evander and the immediate predecessor of Carneades as the leader (scholarch) of the Platonic Academy, and served for a period around 160 BC.[1] Nothing else is known about him.

Notes

  1. Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, iv. 60; Cicero, Academica, ii. 6.

References

  • K. Algra, J. Barnes, J. Mansfeld, M. Schofield, The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy. Pages 32–33. Cambridge University Press. (2005).
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed (1870). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.article+name+needed]]&rft.atitle=[[Dictionary+of+Greek+and+Roman+Biography+and+Mythology]]&rft.date=1870&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Biography:Hegesinus_of_Pergamon"> 




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