Nausiphanes
historical figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 6 anchored passages
Nausiphanes the Democritean
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Stromata
Philosopher, pupil of Pyrrho.
Hearers of Democritus were Protagoras of Abdera and Metrodorus of Chios, whose pupil was Diogenes of Smyrna, whose pupil Anaxarchus, and of him Pyrrho, of whom Nausiphanes.
and Apollodotus of Cyzicus, leading of the soul, as Nausiphanes, freedom from astonishment — for this, he said, was called by Democritus "freedom from amazement.
On the Nature of the Gods
Democritean philosopher who taught Epicurus and was later abused by him despite the debt owed.
As for Nausiphanes the Democritean, he is caught fast:
As for Phaedrus, nothing was more elegant, nothing more humane, yet the old man was vexed if I said anything too harsh — while Epicurus assailed Aristotle most insultingly, spoke most foully of Phaedo the disciple of Socrates, cut to pieces in whole volumes Timocrates, the brother of his comrade Metrodorus, because he disagreed on some point of philosophy, was ungrateful to Democritus himself, who …
Letters to Lucilius
Greek philosopher associated with Democritean skepticism
if Nausiphanes, this one thing is certain, that nothing is certain;
Nausiphanes says that of the things which seem to be, nothing is any more than it is not.