Socratics on Superphysics

Aeschines: Socrates

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

¹ Æschines was:

the son of Charinus, the sausage-maker

a citizen of Athens
industrious from his boyhood upwards

This is why he never quitted Socrates.

Glauco: Socrates

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

¹ Glauco was an Athenian.

He has 9 dialogues contained in 1 volume.

The Phidylus
The Euripides
The Amyntichias
The Euthias
The Lysithides
The Aristophanes
The Cephalus
The Anaxiphemus
The Menexenus

There are 32 others which go under his name, but they are spurious.

Anaximander: Sundial Inventor

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

¹ Anaximander was:

the son of Praxiadas
a citizen of Miletus

² He used to assert that the principle and primary element of all things was the Infinity.

He gave no exact definition as to whether he meant air or water, or anything else.

Aristippus: Socrates' Money-Minded Student

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

¹ Aristippus was:

a Cyrenean, but he came to Athens, as Æschines says, having been attracted by the fame of Socrates.

² He was a Sophist, as Phanias, of Eresus, the Peripatetic, informs us.

Bion: Socrates

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

¹ Bion was:

a native of the country around the Borysthenes

Antigonus asked him:

Cebes: Socrates

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

¹ Cebes was a Theban.

He has 3 dialogues:

The Tablet
The Seventh
the Phrynichus

Crantor: Polemo

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

¹ Crantor was a native of Soli, being admired very greatly in his own country

He came to Athens and became a pupil of Xenocrates at the same time with Polemo.

Demetrius: Athenian Lawmaker

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

¹ Demetrius was:

a native of Phalerus
the son of Phanostratus
a pupil of Theophrastus

² He governed Athens for 10 years. He was honoured with 360 bronze statues, the greater part of which were equestrian

Lacydes: New Academy

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

¹ Lacydes was:

the son of Alexander
a native of Cyrene.

He founded the New Academy, having succeeded Arcesilaus.

He was a man of great gravity of character and demeanour, and one who had many imitators.

Mendemus: The Military Philosopher of Phaedo and Socrates

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

¹ Menedemus:

belonged to the school of Phædo
was among those called Theopropidæ
was the son of Clisthenes, a man of noble family, but a poor man and a builder.

He was a tent-maker. Menedemus himself learned both trades.

Plato: Solon, Socrates, Parmenides

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

¹ Plato was:

the son of Ariston and Perictione or Potone
a citizen of Athens
his mother traced her family back to Solon

Solon had a brother named Dropidas, who had a son named Critias, who was the father of Callæschrus, who was the father of that Critias who was one of the 30 tyrants, and also of Glaucon, who was the father of Charmides and Perictione.

Simon: Socrates

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

¹ Simon was an Athenian, a leather-cutter.

He, whenever Socrates came into his workshop and conversed, used to make memorandums of all his sayings that he recollected.

² From this circumstance, people have called his dialogues leathern ones.

Simias: Socrates

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

¹ Simias was a Theban.

He had 23 dialogues contained in 1 volume.

On Wisdom
On Ratiocination
On Music
on Verses
on Fortitude
on Philosophy; on Truth; on Letters; on Teaching; on Art; on Government; on what is Becoming; on what is Eligible, and what Proper to be Avoided; on A Friend; on Knowledge; on the Soul; on Living Well; on what is Possible; on Money; on Life; on what the Honourable is; on Industry; and on Love.

Xenophon: Socrates' scribe & historian

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

¹ Xenophon was:

the son of Gryllus, a citizen of Athens, was of the borough of Erchia; and he was a man of great modesty, and as handsome as can be imagined.

² Socrates met him in a narrow lane and put his stick across to prevent him from passing. He asked him: