Diodorus Cronus
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Diodorus Cronus was an ancient Greek Megarian philosopher and logician best known for formulating the Master Argument about possibility, necessity, and time.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Diodorus Cronus canonical | 6 |
| Diodoros Kronos | 1 |
| Diodorus of Iasos | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3550552 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Diodorus Cronus Context triple: [Eubulides of Miletus, notableStudent, Diodorus Cronus]
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Diodorus Siculus
Diodorus Siculus was a 1st-century BCE Greek historian best known for his universal history "Bibliotheca historica," which attempted to chronicle the history of the world from mythological times to his own era.
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Diodorus of Tarsus
Diodorus of Tarsus was a 4th-century Christian bishop and theologian known as a key precursor of the Antiochene school of biblical exegesis and an opponent of Arianism.
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Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian and rhetorician of the 1st century BC, best known for his work "Roman Antiquities," which offers a detailed account of early Roman history and institutions.
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Strabo
Strabo was an ancient Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian best known for his 17-volume work "Geographica," which described the peoples and places of the known world in his time.
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Herodotus
Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian, often called the "Father of History," known for writing the seminal work "Histories" that chronicles the Greco-Persian Wars and various cultures of the ancient world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Diodorus Cronus Target entity description: Diodorus Cronus was an ancient Greek Megarian philosopher and logician best known for formulating the Master Argument about possibility, necessity, and time.
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A.
Diodorus Siculus
Diodorus Siculus was a 1st-century BCE Greek historian best known for his universal history "Bibliotheca historica," which attempted to chronicle the history of the world from mythological times to his own era.
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B.
Diodorus of Tarsus
Diodorus of Tarsus was a 4th-century Christian bishop and theologian known as a key precursor of the Antiochene school of biblical exegesis and an opponent of Arianism.
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C.
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus was a Greek historian and rhetorician of the 1st century BC, best known for his work "Roman Antiquities," which offers a detailed account of early Roman history and institutions.
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Strabo
Strabo was an ancient Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian best known for his 17-volume work "Geographica," which described the peoples and places of the known world in his time.
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E.
Herodotus
Herodotus was an ancient Greek historian, often called the "Father of History," known for writing the seminal work "Histories" that chronicles the Greco-Persian Wars and various cultures of the ancient world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Megarian philosopher
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ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ logician ⓘ |
| activeInCentury |
3rd century BCE
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4th century BCE ⓘ |
| argument | Master Argument ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ |
| debatedTopic |
compatibility of determinism and possibility
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status of future-tense propositions ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
dialectic
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logic ⓘ modal logic ⓘ philosophy of time ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chrysippus of Soli
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surface form:
Chrysippus
Stoic logic ⓘ later modal logic ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Apollonius Cronus
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Megarian dialecticians ⓘ |
| knownFor | Master Argument ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| memberOf | Megarian school ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Diodorus Cronus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Diodoros Kronos
Diodorus Cronus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Diodorus of Iasos
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| notableIdea |
Master Argument about possibility, necessity, and time
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definition of the possible as that which either is or will be true ⓘ |
| occupation |
philosopher
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teacher of dialectic ⓘ |
| philosophicalInterest |
determinism
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future contingents ⓘ logic of conditionals ⓘ modal notions of possibility and necessity ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Megarian school ⓘ |
| proposedThesis |
only what either is true or will be true is possible
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the impossible does not follow from the possible ⓘ what is past and true is necessary ⓘ |
| region |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| sourceOfInformation | reports by later ancient authors ⓘ |
| studentOf | Apollonius Cronus ⓘ |
| teacherOf |
Cleanthes of Assos
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Philo the Dialectician ⓘ Zeno of Citium ⓘ |
| tradition |
Megarian school
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surface form:
Megarian school of philosophy
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| worksStatus | no extant writings securely attributed ⓘ |
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Referenced by (8)
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