In existographies, Nausiphanes (c.360-290BC) was Greek philosopher, a pupil of Pyrrho, a student of the works of Democritus, and purported teacher of Epicurus, noted for []
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“Nausiphanes (Ѻ)(Ѻ) when a young man was captivated by Pyrrho: at all events he used to say that we should follow Pyrrho in disposition but himself in doctrine; and he would often remark that Epicurus, greatly admiring Pyrrho's way of life, regularly asked him for information about Pyrrho.”
— Diogenes Laertius (220), The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (§9.11) [1]
“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) (note: If this Praxiphanes was the pupil of Theophrastus, considerations of age would make it highly improbable that he could have taught Epicurus; cf. Usener, Fr. 123)
References
1. Laertius, Diogenes. (c.230). Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (TOC) (txt) (WS) (§9.11). Publisher.
External links
● Nausiphanes – Wikipedia.
