person
Cratippus of Pergamum
Cratippus
also: Cratippus
The leading Peripatetic philosopher of his day; the younger Marcus Cicero studied under him at Athens (44 BC), and Cicero the elder admired him highly. Distinct from the Sicilian Cratippus of Tyndaris.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 16.21 §3 with Cratippus I am bound not as a pupil to his teacher but as a son to his father
Cratippus of Pergamum, the leading Peripatetic philosopher of the day, under whom Marcus studied at Athens; Cicero the elder admired him and dedicated De Officiis to his son partly on his account.
- On Divination §2.107 our friend Cratippus
Cratippus of Pergamum, the leading Peripatetic of Cicero's day and teacher of his son. Cicero answers Cratippus's eye-and-vision argument for natural divination courteously but firmly.
- On Duties §1.1 Cratippus
The leading Peripatetic philosopher of the day, with whom Cicero's son Marcus was studying at Athens. Cicero secured Roman citizenship for him and treats him here as the foremost teacher of the age.
- On Duties §2.8 Cratippus
Cratippus of Pergamum, the leading Peripatetic philosopher of the day, under whom Cicero's son was studying at Athens. Cicero treats him as worthy heir of the Aristotelian tradition.
- On Duties §3.5 Cratippus
Cratippus of Pergamum, the leading Peripatetic philosopher of the day, under whom Cicero's son Marcus was studying at Athens. Cicero addresses much of the work to his son as a supplement to Cratippus's teaching.
- On Duties §3.121 among the lectures of Cratippus
Cicero closes by commending his three books to his son as guests to be received alongside the lectures of his teacher Cratippus at Athens, and as the voice of an absent father.