Dicaearchus of Messana
c. 360 BCE–c. 285 BCE · Messana
Aristotle's pupil; wrote on the history of Greek culture and argued the soul is not a distinct substance.
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About Messana
Messana, modern Messina, lies at the northeastern tip of Sicily on the strait separating the island from the Italian mainland. It was the birthplace of the Peripatetic philosopher Dicaearchus, a pupil of Aristotle known for his geographical and political writings.
Across the traditions, in Messana at the same time
The world in their lifetime
Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with Dicaearchus of Messana’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
Graeco-Roman world
- Xenocrates of Chalcedon· 396 BCE–314 BCE
- Heraclides Ponticus· 390 BCE–310 BCE
- Hegesippus· 390 BCE–
- Hyperides· 390 BCE–322 BCE
- Lycurgus· 390 BCE–324 BCE
- Aeschines· 389 BCE–314 BCE
- Philip of Opus· 385 BCE–
- Demosthenes· 384 BCE–322 BCE
- Aristotle· 384 BCE–322 BCE
- Demades· 380 BCE–319 BCE
- Aristoxenus· 375 BCE–315 BCE
- Theophrastus· 371 BCE–287 BCE
- Crates of Thebes· 365 BCE–285 BCE
- Dinarchus· 360 BCE–290 BCE
- Hecataeus of Abdera· 360 BCE–290 BCE
- Pyrrho· 360 BCE–270 BCE
- Demetrius of Phaleron· 350 BCE–280 BCE
- Menander· 342 BCE–290 BCE
- Epicurus· 341 BCE–270 BCE
- Crantor· 340 BCE–275 BCE
- Herophilus of Chalcedon· 335 BCE–280 BCE
- Strato of Lampsacus· 335 BCE–269 BCE
- Zeno of Citium· 334 BCE–262 BCE
- Metrodorus of Lampsacus· 331 BCE–278 BCE
Egyptian world
Luminaries & Explorers world
Scientists
Jewish world
Mesopotamian world
Rulers world
- Lysimachus· 360 BCE–281 BCE
- Seleucus I Nicator· 358 BCE–281 BCE
- Chandragupta Maurya· –297 BCE
- Demetrius I Poliorcetes· 337 BCE–283 BCE
- Bindusara· –273 BCE
- Alexander the Great· 356 BCE–323 BCE
- Antigonus I Monophthalmus· 382 BCE–301 BCE
- Pyrrhus of Epirus· 319 BCE–272 BCE
- Philip II of Macedon· 382 BCE–336 BCE
- Ashoka the Great· 304 BCE–232 BCE
Works
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