Euclid of Megara
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Euclid of Megara was an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Megarian school, known for combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic and dialectical methods.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Euclid of Megara canonical | 17 |
| Euclides of Megara | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T117654 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Euclid of Megara Context triple: [Socrates, influenced, Euclid of Megara]
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Antisthenes
Antisthenes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a pupil of Socrates and a key forerunner of Cynicism known for his advocacy of virtue, self-sufficiency, and ascetic living.
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B.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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C.
Aristippus
Aristippus was an ancient Greek philosopher from Cyrene, best known as the founder of the Cyrenaic school, which taught that immediate physical pleasure is the highest good.
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D.
Plato
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, whose dialogues and ideas laid the foundations of Western philosophy.
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E.
Socrates
Socrates was a classical Athenian philosopher renowned as a founder of Western philosophy, known for his method of questioning and his trial and execution in Athens.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Euclid of Megara Target entity description: Euclid of Megara was an ancient Greek philosopher, founder of the Megarian school, known for combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic and dialectical methods.
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A.
Antisthenes
Antisthenes was an ancient Greek philosopher, a pupil of Socrates and a key forerunner of Cynicism known for his advocacy of virtue, self-sufficiency, and ascetic living.
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B.
Menoetius
Menoetius is a Titan in Greek mythology, known as a son of Iapetus and Clymene and the father of the hero Patroclus.
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C.
Aristippus
Aristippus was an ancient Greek philosopher from Cyrene, best known as the founder of the Cyrenaic school, which taught that immediate physical pleasure is the highest good.
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D.
Plato
Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, whose dialogues and ideas laid the foundations of Western philosophy.
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E.
Socrates
Socrates was a classical Athenian philosopher renowned as a founder of Western philosophy, known for his method of questioning and his trial and execution in Athens.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Megarian philosopher
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ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ founder of philosophical school ⓘ |
| activity | developing logical paradoxes and arguments ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eleatic philosophy
ⓘ
linked to:
Eleatic school
Socratic tradition ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Antisthenes
ⓘ
Aristippus of Cyrene ⓘ
linked to:
Aristippus
Plato ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ancient Greece
ⓘ
linked to:
Greek Antiquity
|
| era | Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| floruit | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| founded | Megarian school ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Eleatic school
ⓘ
Parmenides ⓘ Socrates ⓘ |
| knownFor |
combining Socratic ethics with Eleatic logic
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founding the Megarian school of philosophy ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
dialectic
ⓘ
ethics ⓘ logic ⓘ |
| method |
dialectic
ⓘ
eristic argument ⓘ |
| movement | Megarian school ⓘ |
| name | Euclid of Megara ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| notableFor | early development of propositional logic tendencies in Greek thought ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Clinomachus
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Eubulides of Miletus ⓘ Ichthyas of Megara ⓘ |
| occupation | philosopher ⓘ |
| philosophicalIdea |
denial of plurality of forms of the Good
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the Good is one and identical with Being ⓘ use of eristic and dialectical argumentation ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Megarian school ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Megara ⓘ |
| region | Megara ⓘ |
| studentOf | Socrates ⓘ |
| taught |
Clinomachus
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Eubulides of Miletus ⓘ Ichthyas of Megara ⓘ |
| tradition |
Eleatic school
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Socratic school ⓘ
linked to:
School of Socrates
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Referenced by (20)
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