Epicharmus of Kos

late 6th/early 5th century BC Greek dramatist and philosopher

Epicharmus of Kos wrote at a period when the questions philosophy asked were themselves being renegotiated.

The record lists Epicharmus of Kos as late 6th/early 5th century BC Greek dramatist and philosopher.

Epicharmus of Kos was born at Sicily in -523.

Philosophy then was taught in person and preserved by students; what survives often reaches us through the summaries of opponents.

The recorded fields of work are philosophy.

Philosophical influence is measured in the questions a thinker made unavoidable.

Epicharmus of Kos died in -434, aged 89. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.

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