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Pherecrates of Phthia

Pherecrates

also: Pherecratem, Pherecrates

The aged speaker of Phthia, said to be descended from Deucalion, whom Dicaearchus makes the mouthpiece of his Corinthian dialogue arguing that there is no soul at all. A literary persona rather than a historical philosopher.

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Tusculan Disputations philosophy · 2 mentions

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