Ancient · c. 320–230 BC
Who influenced Timon of Phlius?
Influences and legacy
Pyrrho's satirist disciple who carried skepticism into the Hellenistic schools.
Timon of Phlius was influenced by Pyrrho, and went on to influence Sextus Empiricus. That is 2 lines of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.
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Who was Timon of Phlius?
Timon of Phlius was a student of Pyrrho. Unlike his teacher, who wrote nothing, he wrote satirical philosophical poems called Silloi as well as prose works.
They are lost, but fragments quoted by later authors allow a rough outline of his philosophy to be reconstructed.
Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.
Who influenced Timon of Phlius?
1 direct influence on this map, earliest first.
- Pyrrho c. 360–270 BC
Who did Timon of Phlius influence?
1 thinker on this map draws directly on Timon of Phlius.
- Sextus Empiricus c. 160–210
Two steps away from Timon of Phlius
The second generation
- Through Sextus Empiricus: Michel de Montaigne
Contemporaries of Timon of Phlius
Thinkers on this map born within 25 years of Timon of Phlius, with no direct line between them.
- Xunzi c. 310–235 BC
- Cleanthes c. 330–230 BC
- Zeno of Citium c. 334–262 BC
- Epicurus 341–270 BC
Timon of Phlius by the numbers
- Direct influences
- 1
- Direct followers
- 1
- Thinkers upstream
- 1
- Thinkers downstream
- 136
- Wikipedia languages
- 31 — #53 of 54 among ancient philosophers
- Card rarity
- Rare
Questions about Timon of Phlius
- Who influenced Timon of Phlius?
- Pyrrho.
- Who did Timon of Phlius influence?
- Sextus Empiricus.
- When did Timon of Phlius live?
- c. 320–230 BC. The map files Timon of Phlius under the ancient world.
- How rare is the Timon of Phlius card?
- Wikipedia carries an article on Timon of Phlius in 31 languages, which makes it a Rare card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.
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