See also:

• EUCLID
• EUCLID [EucLEIDES]

EUCLID [EucLEIDES]  , of See also:

• MEGARA

Megara, founder of the Megarian (also called the eristic or See also:

• DIALECTIC, or DIALECTICS

dialectic) school of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born c . 450 s.c., probably at Megara, though See also:

• GELA

Gela in See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily has also been named as his birthplace (See also:

• DIOGENES

Diogenes Lacrtius ii . 1o6), and died in 374 . He was one of the most devoted of the disciples of See also:

• SOCRATES

Socrates . Aulus See also:

• GELLIUS, AULUS (c. A.D. 13o-I8o)

Gellius (vi. io) states that, when a See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree was passed forbidding the Megarians to enter See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, he regularly visited his See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master by See also:

• NIGHT

night in the disguise of a woman; and he was one of the little See also:

• BAND

band of intimate See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends who listened to the last discourse . He withdrew subsequently with a number of See also:

• FELLOW

fellow disciples to Megara, and it has been conjectured, though there is no See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence, that this was the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of See also:

• PLATO

Plato's See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence in Megara, of which indications appear in the Theaetetus . He is said to have written six dialogues, of which only the titles have been preserved . For his See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine (a See also:

• COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination of the principles of Parmenides and Socrates) see MEGARIAN SCHOOL .