Hegesinus of Pergamon

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.

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• 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. 

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