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'''Colotes of Lampsacus''' ({{langx|el|Κολώτης Λαμψακηνός}}, ''Kolōtēs Lampsakēnos''; c. 320 – after 268 BC){{sfn|Dorandi|1999|p=51}} was a pupil of [[Epicurus]]. | '''Colotes of Lampsacus''' ({{langx|el|Κολώτης Λαμψακηνός}}, ''Kolōtēs Lampsakēnos''; c. 320 – after 268 BC){{sfn|Dorandi|1999|p=51}} was a pupil of [[Epicurus]]. | ||
He wrote a work to prove "That it is impossible even to live according to the doctrines of the other philosophers" ({{lang|grc|ὅτι κατὰ τὰ τῶν ἄλλων φιλοσόφων δόγματα οὐδὲ ζῆν ἐστιν}}) and dedicated it to [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus]], in all likelihood meant for the Library of Alexandria.<ref>Commentary on Colotes of Lampsacus, [https://hiramcrespo.substack.com/p/commentary-on-colotes-of-lampsacus]</ref> Although this work is lost, its arguments are preserved in two works written by [[Plutarch]] in refutation of it: "That it is impossible even to live pleasantly according to Epicurus", and ''Against Colotes''.<ref>Plutarch, [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3052 ''Essays and Miscellanies'']: "That it is impossible even to live pleasantly according to Epicurus"; "Against Colotes".</ref> According to Plutarch, Colotes attacked [[Socrates]] and other great philosophers in this work. Some fragments of two other works of Colotes have been discovered at the [[Villa of the Papyri]] at [[Herculaneum]]: ''Against Plato's [[Lysis (dialogue)|Lysis]]'',<ref>PHerc. 208</ref> and ''Against Plato's [[Euthydemus (dialogue)|Euthydemus]]''.<ref>PHerc. 1032</ref> According to Plutarch, Colotes, upon hearing Epicurus discourse on the nature of things, fell on his knees before him, and besought Epicurus to give him instruction. Plutarch claims that Colotes was a great favorite with Epicurus, who used, by way of endearment, to call him {{lang|grc|Koλωτάρας}} and {{lang|grc|Koλωτάριoς}}. [[Cicero]] also recounts that Colotes held that it is unworthy of the truthfulness of a philosopher to use fables in his teaching, a notion which Cicero opposes.<ref>Cicero, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14988/14988-h/14988-h.htm#page-357 ''On The Commonwealth''], vi. 7.</ref> | He wrote a work to prove "That it is impossible even to live according to the doctrines of the other philosophers" ({{lang|grc|ὅτι κατὰ τὰ τῶν ἄλλων φιλοσόφων δόγματα οὐδὲ ζῆν ἐστιν}}) and dedicated it to [[Ptolemy II Philadelphus]], in all likelihood meant for the Library of Alexandria.<ref>Commentary on Colotes of Lampsacus, [https://hiramcrespo.substack.com/p/commentary-on-colotes-of-lampsacus]</ref> Although this work is lost, its arguments are preserved in two works written by [[Plutarch]] in refutation of it: "That it is impossible even to live pleasantly according to Epicurus", and ''Against Colotes''.<ref>Plutarch, [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3052 ''Essays and Miscellanies'']: "That it is impossible even to live pleasantly according to Epicurus"; "Against Colotes".</ref> According to Plutarch, Colotes attacked [[Socrates]] and other great philosophers in this work. Some fragments of two other works of Colotes have been discovered at the [[Villa of the Papyri]] at [[Herculaneum]]: ''Against Plato's [[Lysis (dialogue)|Lysis]]'',<ref>PHerc. 208</ref> and ''Against Plato's [[Euthydemus (dialogue)|Euthydemus]]''.<ref>PHerc. 1032</ref> According to Plutarch, Colotes, upon hearing Epicurus discourse on the nature of things, fell on his knees before him, and besought Epicurus to give him instruction. Plutarch claims that Colotes was a great favorite with Epicurus, who used, by way of endearment, to call him {{lang|grc|Koλωτάρας}} and {{lang|grc|Koλωτάριoς}}. [[Cicero]] also recounts that Colotes held that it is unworthy of the truthfulness of a philosopher to use fables in his teaching, a notion which Cicero opposes.<ref>Cicero, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14988/14988-h/14988-h.htm#page-357 ''On The Commonwealth''], vi. 7.</ref> | ||
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- ↑ Commentary on Colotes of Lampsacus, [1]
- ↑ Plutarch, Essays and Miscellanies: "That it is impossible even to live pleasantly according to Epicurus"; "Against Colotes".
- ↑ PHerc. 208
- ↑ PHerc. 1032
- ↑ Cicero, On The Commonwealth, vi. 7.