Biography:Hegesinus of Pergamon
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Short description: Ancient Greek Academic Skeptic philosopher
Hegesinus of Pergamon (Greek: Ἡγησίνους, translit. Script error: The function "transl" does not exist.), was an Academic Skeptic philosopher from Pergamon. He was the successor of Evander and the immediate predecessor of Carneades as the leader (scholarch) of the Platonic Academy, and served for a period around 160 BC.[1] Nothing else is known about him.
Notes
- ↑ Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, iv. 60; Cicero, Academica, ii. 6.
References
- K. Algra, J. Barnes, J. Mansfeld, M. Schofield, The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy. Pages 32–33. Cambridge University Press. (2005).
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed (1870). "article name needed". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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