person
Strato of Lampsacus
Strato
also: Strato, Stratonem
Peripatetic philosopher (c. 335-269 BC), pupil of Theophrastus and head of the Lyceum, called 'the natural philosopher' for his devotion to physics. Cicero says he abandoned ethics for the study of nature and so departed from his school.
Reading notes
- On the Ends of Good and Evil §5.13 Theophrastus' pupil Strato
Strato of Lampsacus succeeded Theophrastus as head of the Lyceum and was nicknamed 'the Natural Philosopher' (Physicus). Cicero faults him for neglecting ethics in favour of physics.