Hermotimus of Clazomenae
Hermotimus of
Historicity
The best evidence for Hermotimus' potential historical existence is a tradition that the people of Clazomenae erected a temple for him, which is related by Pliny the Elder,[2] Lucian,[3] Apollonius, and Plutarch.[1]
Philosophical views
According to Aristotle,[4] prior to Anaxagoras' idea of mind being fundamental in the cause of change, Hermotimus proposed that physical entities are static, while reason causes the change.[5] Sextus Empiricus places him with Hesiod, Parmenides, and Empedocles, as belonging to the class of philosophers who held a dualistic theory of a material and an active principle being together the origin of the universe.[6] Lucian called him a Pythagorean.
Legends
Notes
- ^ a b Curnow 2006, p. 147.
- ^ Pliny, Hist. Nat. vii. 42
- ^ Lucian, Encom. Musc. 7
- ^ Aristotle. The Metaphysics 984b20
- ^ Curd 2007, p. 205.
- ^ Sextus Empiricus, adv. Math. ix., ad Phys. i. 7
- ^ Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, Bk.8: Pythagoras
- ^ Tertullian. De Anima (On the Soul) (Chapter 44), trans. by Peter Holmes, D.D., Anti-Nicene Fathers Vol. 3, 1885.
References
- Lives of the Eminent Philosophers. Vol. 2:8. Translated by Hicks, Robert Drew(Two volume ed.). Loeb Classical Library.
- Curd, Patricia (1 January 2007). Anaxagoras of Clazomenae: Fragments and Testimonia : a Text and Translation with Notes and Essays. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-9325-7. Retrieved 3 August 2023.</ref>
- Cornelli, Gabriele; McKirahan, Richard; Macris, Constantinos (29 October 2013). On Pythagoreanism. Walter de Gruyter. p. 167. ISBN 978-3-11-031850-0. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Hermotimus of Clazomenae". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
- Curnow, Trevor (22 June 2006). The Philosophers of the Ancient World: An A-Z Guide. A&C Black. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-84966-770-8. Retrieved 3 August 2023.