Dioscorides (Stoic)

Dioscorides (Greek: Διοσκορίδης, fl. 225 BC), sometimes known as Dioscurides, was a Stoic philosopher, the father of Zeno of Tarsus and a pupil of Chrysippus. All other information has been lost.

This article is about the philosopher. For the Roman physician, pharmacologist and botanist, see Pedanius Dioscorides.

Another Dioscorides is mentioned by Diogenes Laërtius. This philosopher was a Pyrrhonist, and was a student of Timon of Phlius.[1]

Dedication

Chrysippus dedicated the following works to Dioscorides:

  • Four books on Probable Conjunctive Reasons[2]
  • Five books on the Art of Reasoning and of Modes[3]
  • A solution, according to the principles of the ancients, of the law of non-contradiction[4]
  • Five volumes of Dialectic Arguments, with no solution[5]
  • Two books on Probable Arguments bearing on Definitions[6]
  • An essay on Rhetoric, spanning four books[7]

References
  1. "Diogenes Laertius: Life of Timon, from Lives of the Philosophers, translated by C.D. Yonge". Archived from the original on 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  2. The Lives of the Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius. Book: Lives of Stoic Philosophers, Section 190
  3. The Lives of the Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius. Book: Lives of Stoic Philosophers, Section 193
  4. The Lives of the Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius. Book: Lives of Stoic Philosophers, Section 197
  5. The Lives of the Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius. Book: Lives of Stoic Philosophers, Section 198
  6. The Lives of the Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius. Book: Lives of Stoic Philosophers, Section 200
  7. The Lives of the Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius. Book: Lives of Stoic Philosophers, Section 202
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