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Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    The Atlas·Figures

    Pherecydes

    historical figure · 4 works · 10 mentions · 13 anchored passages

    Pherecydes of Syros · Pherecydes the Syrian · Pherecydes the teacher of Pythagoras

    spoken of as

    2 expressions

    Pherecydes of Syros3 mentions

    Stromata (Greek) · Tusculan Disputations (Latin)

    " Like this book is the theology of Pherecydes of Syros.
    book 5

    Pherecydes the Syrian2 mentions

    Stromata (Greek)

    " Some reckoned Acusilaus the Argive among the seven sages;
    book 1

    in the texts

    StromataLate Antiquity · Greek

    Early Greek theologian-poet, source of the allegory of the winged oak, discussed among the 'first wise men' whose teacher is sought.

    but even if I come to Pythagoras and Pherecydes and Thales and the first wise men, I stand still seeking their teacher;
    book 6
    "For it seems to me that those who pretend to philosophize, in order to learn what is the winged oak and the embroidered robe upon it — all that Pherecydes theologized by allegory — took the theme from the prophecy of Ham .
    book 6
    " Some reckoned Acusilaus the Argive among the seven sages;
    book 1

    OrationsImperial · Greek

    Philosopher said to be teacher of Pythagoras

    Since you appear to be in other respects an admirer of Socrates and to be struck with wonder at the man in your discourses, can you tell me whose disciple among the wise he was — as Pheidias the maker of statues was of Hegias, and Polygnotus the painter and his brother both of their father Aglaophon, and Pherecydes is said to have become the teacher of Pythagoras, and Pythagoras of Empedocles and …
    oration 55
    And I do not mention those brief Laconic matters—the Spartans enslaved to the Persians, and Dionysius at Corinth, and the condemnation of Socrates, and the exile of Xenophon, and the death of Pherecydes, and the wretchedness of Anaxarchus;
    oration 64

    De AnimaLate Antiquity · Latin

    Teacher of Pythagoras, counted among reputed authors of sacred writings.

    such as Orpheus, such as Musaeus, such as Pherecydes the teacher of Pythagoras.
    de anima
    For did not even Pherecydes, the teacher of Pythagoras, perhaps divine — not to say dream — by these arts?
    de anima

    Tusculan DisputationsHellenistic · Latin

    Ancient Greek thinker credited as the earliest recorded proponent of the soul's immortality.

    but, as far as is recorded in writing, Pherecydes of Syros first said that the souls of men are everlasting — an ancient indeed, for he lived in the reign of my own kinsman.
    book 1