In existographies, Hermarchus (325-250BC) was a Greek philosopher (see: Greek philosophy), first main head of Epicurus’ school, noted for []
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Of note, book 28 of Epicurus 37 book set On Nature, was dedicated to Hermarchus. (Ѻ)
Quotes | On
The following are quotes on Hermarchus:
“Apollodorus in his Chronology tells us that Epicurus was a pupil of Nausiphanes and Praxiphanes; but in his letter to Eurylochus, Epicurus himself denies it and says that he was self-taught. Both Epicurus and Hermarchus deny the very existence of Leucippus the philosopher, though by some and by Apollodorus the Epicurean he is said to have been the teacher of Democritus. Demetrius the Magnesian affirms that Epicurus also attended the lectures of Xenocrates.”
— Diogenes Laertius (c.230), Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (§10.12)
“Metrodorus and Hermarchus: it is said that Metrodorus would have followed his friend Epicurus as head of the Garden had he not died first; Hermarchus succeeded instead. They joined with Epicurus in attacking Pythagoras for equating all things with number, Plato for his notion of the demiurge initiating motion in the universe, and Empedocles for positing that love and strife combine and separate the four elements. All these views of purposive creation are at odds with the Epicurean doctrine of the fusion and separation of atoms by chance.”
— Patrick Walsh (1997), Notes on Cicero’s The Nature of the Gods [1]
References
1. Cicero. (45BC). The Nature of the Gods (Introduction, translation, and notes: Patrick Walsh) (pgs. 27-28; On Nature, pg. 163; chance, pg. 167; lewd ethics, pgs. 42, 170). Oxford University Press, 1998.
External links
● Hermarchus – Wikipedia.
