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stilpo '' nuremberg chronicle '' , where he is called `` , silphon '' . depicted as a medieval scholar in the c. 280 bc crates of megara , menedemus , asclepiades of thebes , zeno of citium , nicarete ancient philosophy megara megarian school #b 0c4de euclid of thebes , diodorus cronus of megara , thrasymachus of corinth , pasicles 200px logic , dialectic , ethics stilpo of megara c. 360 bc stilpo nuremberg chronicle.jpg stilpo
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stilpo

stilpo -lrb- or stilpon ; , gen. : Στίλπωνος ; c. 360 -- c. 280 bc -rrb- was a greek philosopher of the megarian school .
he was a contemporary of theophrastus , diodorus cronus , and crates of thebes .
none of his writings survive , he was interested in logic and dialectic , and he argued that the universal is fundamentally separated from the individual and concrete .
his ethical teachings approached that of the cynics and stoics .
his most important pupil was zeno of citium , the founder of stoicism .
