Eubulides Of Miletus

Eubulides Of Miletus

▪ Greek philosopher

born 4th century BC

      a member of the Megarian school of philosophy in Athens and renowned as an inventor of logical paradoxes, the most famous of which is “The Liar” (“Does a man who says that he is now lying, speak truly?”). He was a contemporary of Aristotle, whom he attacked, and tradition says that he was a teacher of Demosthenes.

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