Eubulides

When that supreme orator had drained deep draughts of eloquence in the study of Plato the philosopher, and had learned all that could be learned of argumentation from the dialectician Eubulides, last of all he betook himself to a mirror to learn perfection of delivery.

The Defense Apuleius 2008

Paradoxes of this kind have been known since antiquity (for instance, the standard Liar is attributed to the Greek philosopher Eubulides, probably the greatest paradox-producer of antiquity).

Dialetheism Priest, Graham 2008

When that supreme orator had drained deep draughts of eloquence in the study of Plato the philosopher, and had learned all that could be learned of argumentation from the dialectician Eubulides, last of all he betook himself to a mirror to learn perfection of delivery.

The Defense Apuleius 2008

Eubulides, in [5887] Aristaenetus, married a poor man's child, facie non illaetabili, of a merry countenance, and heavenly visage, in pity of her estate, and that quickly.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Paradoxes form a natural object of philosophical investigation ever since the origins of rational thought; they have been invented as part of complex arguments and as tools for refuting philosophical theses (think of the celebrated paradoxes credited to Zeno of Elea, concerning motion, the continuum, the opposition between unity and plurality, or of the arguments entangling the notions of truth and vagueness, credited to the Megarian School, and Eubulides of Miletus).

Paradoxes and Contemporary Logic Cantini, Andrea 2007

I have seen the day, Eubulides, when the most august of cities had but one voice within her walls; and when the stranger, on entering them, stopped at the silence of the gateway, and said,

Uncollected Prose 2006

It is not known whether Eubulides actually invented the sorites puzzles.

Sorites Paradox Hyde, Dominic 2005

Nor is it known just what motives Eubulides may have had for presenting this puzzle.

Sorites Paradox Hyde, Dominic 2005

Some scholars have attempted to trace its origins back to Zeno of Elea but the evidence seems to point to Eubulides as the first to employ the sorites.

Sorites Paradox Hyde, Dominic 2005

Plato, his dialectics from Eubulides; but as for his delivery -- there, he came to the mirror! '

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Various