{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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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… … 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
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
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
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
