Diodorus Cronus

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Diodorus Cronus was an ancient Greek Megarian philosopher and logician best known for formulating the Master Argument about possibility, necessity, and time.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Diodorus Cronus canonical 7
Diodoros Kronos 1
Diodorus of Iasos 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Megarian philosopher ⓘ
ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ
logician ⓘ
activeInCentury 3rd century BCE ⓘ
4th century BCE ⓘ
argument Master Argument ⓘ
associatedWith Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
debatedTopic compatibility of determinism and possibility ⓘ
status of future-tense propositions ⓘ
era Hellenistic period ⓘ
fieldOfWork dialectic ⓘ
logic ⓘ
modal logic ⓘ
philosophy of time ⓘ
influenced Chrysippus ⓘ
linked to: Chrysippus of Soli

Stoic logic ⓘ
later modal logic ⓘ
influencedBy Apollonius Cronus ⓘ
Megarian dialecticians ⓘ
knownFor Master Argument ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
memberOf Megarian school ⓘ
nameVariant Diodoros Kronos ⓘ
linked to: Diodorus Cronus

Diodorus of Iasos ⓘ
linked to: Diodorus Cronus
notableIdea Master Argument about possibility, necessity, and time ⓘ
definition of the possible as that which either is or will be true ⓘ
occupation philosopher ⓘ
teacher of dialectic ⓘ
philosophicalInterest determinism ⓘ
future contingents ⓘ
logic of conditionals ⓘ
modal notions of possibility and necessity ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Megarian school ⓘ
proposedThesis only what either is true or will be true is possible ⓘ
the impossible does not follow from the possible ⓘ
what is past and true is necessary ⓘ
region Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
sourceOfInformation reports by later ancient authors ⓘ
studentOf Apollonius Cronus ⓘ
teacherOf Cleanthes of Assos ⓘ
Philo the Dialectician ⓘ
Zeno of Citium ⓘ
tradition Megarian school of philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Megarian school
worksStatus no extant writings securely attributed ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eubulides of Miletus → notableStudent → Diodorus Cronus ⓘ
Megarian school → notableMember → Diodorus Cronus ⓘ
Megaric school → hasNotableMember → Diodorus Cronus ⓘ
Eubulides of Megara → teacherOf → Diodorus Cronus ⓘ
Eubulides of Megara → influenced → Diodorus Cronus ⓘ
Diodorus Cronus → nameVariant → Diodorus of Iasos ⓘ
linked to: Diodorus Cronus
Diodorus Cronus → nameVariant → Diodoros Kronos ⓘ
linked to: Diodorus Cronus
Stilpo → notableStudent → Diodorus Cronus ⓘ
Megarians → notablePhilosopher → Diodorus Cronus ⓘ