person
Archedemus of Tarsus
Archedemus
also: Archidemus
Stoic philosopher (2nd c. BC); Cicero alludes to a logical puzzle of his, 'the problem of Archedemus,' as a spur to philosophical work (Att. 13.28).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 13.28 §3 Archidemus's puzzle
Archidemus (Archedemus) of Tarsus, a Stoic logician; the 'problema Archidemou' was a knotty dialectical problem Cicero had set Atticus. He uses it here as shorthand for the perplexity he no longer feels about the Caesar letter.