Hipparchos 14

14) Hipparchos

A Pythagorean, often mixed with Hippasos (eg. Tertull. de anim. 5), a contemporary of Lysis who we know was the teacher of Epameinondas (so about 380 BCE), and who wrote a letter which was allegedly addressed to Hipparchos (Diog. Laert. VIII 42. Iamblich. v. Pyth. 75-79), <40> in which he reprimands him for not taking the teachings of Pythagoras as secret, like the master, but handling them publicly (δαμοσίᾳ φιλοσοφεῖν). Because he spread oral teachings in writing (αἰτίαν ἔχοντα γράψασθαι τὰ τοῦ Πυθαγόρου σαφῶς), he was supposedly cast out of the Pythagorean group, and a memorial was set up for him as if he were dead (Clem. Alex. strom. V 680 P., see also Lycurg. Leocr. 117). <50> In Stobaios flor. 108, 81 (IV 46 Mein.), a fragment περὶ εὐθυμίας is attributed to him, which mentions Democritus and is therefore printed by Diels Vorsokr. c. 55 C 7 as one of the imitations by the Abderites. cf. Diels Vorsokr. c. 8.

[E. Wellman.]

This article is referenced by: Hippasos (15)