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Lacydes of Cyrene, Greek philosopher, became head of the Platonic Academy at Athens in succession to Arcesilaus about 241 B.C.E. He left no extant ...

the amount of twelve talents,’ to Arcesilaus, who was “much attached ... some of which were later attributed to Arcesilaus. Crantor was author of ...

the second or Middle Academy of Arcesilaus and the first or Old Academy ... In 137 B.C.E., Carneades became head of the Academy, succeeding Arcesilaus ...

(beginning under the leadership of Arcesilaus). Cicero listed the founders ... Famous philosophers entrusted with running the Academy included Arcesilaus ...

*Book IV. Speusippus, Xenocrates, Polemo, Crates, Crantor, Arcesilaus, Bion, Lacydes, Carneades, Clitomachus. *Book V. Aristotle, Theophrastus ...

Athens to study philosophy at the Academy with Arcesilaus and Lacydes, and there he apparently learned the technique of arguing both sides of a question ...

**[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/arcesilaus/ "Arcesilaus"]. **[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/carneades/ "Carneades"]. ...

* Arcesilaus (316-232 B.C.E.) * Menippus (third century B.C.E.) * Archimedes (c. 287-212 B.C.E.) * Chrysippus (280-207 B.C.E.) * Carneades (214 ...

of Apamea, the Sceptics, Pyrrho of Elis, Arcesilaus of Pitane, Carneades of C. Ares Publishers. B00070Y5SQ * Kidd, I. G. 1989. Posidonius: The ...

269 B.C.E.), Crates (ca. 269-266 B.C.E.), and Arcesilaus (ca. 266-240 B.C.E.). Later scholarchs include Lacydes of Cyrene, Carneades, Clitomachus, ...

* Academic Skepticism: Arcesilaus, Carneades * Pyrrhonian Skepticism: Pyrrho, Sextus Empiricus * Cynicism: Antisthenes, Diogenes of Sinope, Crates ...

of Useful Knowledge, Vol I, A-Arcesilaus, London, George Woodfall and Son, 1847, p.107. The instrument was noted in The Times in 1831 as one ...