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Sosigenes Of Rhodes
Sosigenes may refer to: People * Sosigenes (astronomer), the astronomer consulted by Julius Caesar for the design of the Julian calendar * Sosigenes the Peripatetic, a philosopher living at the end of the 2nd century and tutor of Alexander of Aphrodisias * Sosigenes (Stoic), an ancient Greek philosopher Other uses * Sosigenes (crater), on the Moon {{disambiguation, hn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sosigenes (astronomer)
Sosigenes () (fl. 1st century BC) was an Ancient Greek astronomer. According to Pliny the Elder's ''Natural History'' 18.210–212, Julius Caesar consulted him while he was designing the Julian calendar. Biography Little is known about him apart from Pliny's ''Natural History''. Sosigenes appears in Book 18, 210-212: Sosigenes is credited with work on the orbit of Mercury, which is described by Pliny in book 2, ''Natural History'': The introduction of the Julian year occurred in 46 BC. This particular year lasted 445 days in Rome to correct the erroneous old Roman calendar, and is thus considered "the longest year in history". Cultural depiction Since the 18th century, the classicists have added to the name of Sosigenes, to distinguish it from others, the origin: "of Alexandria". However, no ancient source calls him that, or indicates that he was an Alexandrian. The misattribution may be from the fusion of two pieces of news about the reform of the Roman calendar at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sosigenes The Peripatetic
Sosigenes the Peripatetic () was a philosopher living at the end of the 2nd century AD. He was the tutor of Alexander of Aphrodisias and wrote a work ''On Revolving Spheres'', from which some important extracts have been preserved in Simplicius's commentary on Aristotle's '' De Caelo''. Work Sosigenes criticized both Aristotle and Eudoxus for their imperfect theory of celestial spheres and also the use of epicycles, which he felt to be inconsistent with Aristotle's philosophical postulates. He pointed out that the planets varied markedly in brightness, and that solar eclipses are sometimes total and sometimes annular, suggesting that the distances between the Sun, Moon and Earth were not the same at different eclipses. Sosigenes is perhaps called "the Peripatetic" only because of his connection with Alexander. Some ancient evidence may be taken to suggest that he was, in fact, a Stoic. As John Patrick Lynch has written:The other two teachers of Alexander may actually have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sosigenes (Stoic)
Sosigenes (; fl. 100 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Stoic school. He was a student of Antipater of Tarsus. There is not much known about Sosigenes and his thought. The ''Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers'' by Diogenes Laërtius in Book VII contained his biography, but that portion of the book has disappeared; only the mention of the name in the table of contents remains. According to Alexander of Aphrodisias, Sosigenes was influenced by Aristotle Aristotle (; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosophy, Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, a ... and modified stoic doctrines accordingly. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sosigenes Stoic philosophers 2nd-century BC Greek philosophers 1st-century BC Greek philosophers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |