Megaric

Megaric
Megarian Me*ga"ri*an, Megaric Me*gar"ic, a. Belonging, or pertaining, to Megara, a city of ancient Greece. [1913 Webster]

{Megarian school}, or {Megaric school}, a school of philosophy established at Megara, after the death of Socrates, by his disciples, and remarkable for its logical subtlety. [1913 Webster]


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  • megaric — MEGÁRIC, Ă, megarici, ce, adj., s.m. 1. adj. (În sintagma) Şcoala megarică = şcoală filozofică din Grecia antică întemeiată de Euclid din Megara. 2. s.m. Adept al acestei şcoli. – Din fr. mégarique. Trimis de LauraGellner, 01.06.2005. Sursa: DEX… …   Dicționar Român

  • Megaric — adjective Date: 1656 Megarian • Megaric noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Megaric school — Megarian Me*ga ri*an, Megaric Me*gar ic, a. Belonging, or pertaining, to Megara, a city of ancient Greece. [1913 Webster] {Megarian school}, or {Megaric school}, a school of philosophy established at Megara, after the death of Socrates, by his… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • megàric — me|gà|ric Mot Pla Nom masculí …   Diccionari Català-Català

  • megaric — me·gar·ic …   English syllables

  • megaric — meˈgarik, mə̇ˈ adjective or noun Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin megaricus, from Greek megarikos, from Megara, Greece + Greek ikos ic : megarian …   Useful english dictionary

  • Megarian — Me*ga ri*an, Megaric Me*gar ic, a. Belonging, or pertaining, to Megara, a city of ancient Greece. [1913 Webster] {Megarian school}, or {Megaric school}, a school of philosophy established at Megara, after the death of Socrates, by his disciples,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Megarian school — Megarian Me*ga ri*an, Megaric Me*gar ic, a. Belonging, or pertaining, to Megara, a city of ancient Greece. [1913 Webster] {Megarian school}, or {Megaric school}, a school of philosophy established at Megara, after the death of Socrates, by his… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Megara — Megarian, Megarean /mjeuh gar ee euhn, me /, Megaric, adj. /meg euhr euh/, n. 1. a city in ancient Greece: the chief city of Megaris. 2. Class. Myth. a daughter of Creon whose children were slain by her husband, Hercules, in a fit of madness. * * …   Universalium

  • EUCLID OF MEGARA —    a Greek philosopher, a disciple of Socrates, was influenced by the ELEATICS (q.v.); founded the Megaric school of Philosophy, whose chief tenet is that the good, or that which is one with itself, alone is the only real existence …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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