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Strato of Lampsacus

萨库斯的斯特拉托

Strato of Lampsacus

Strato of Lampsacus

Years335269
Birthplace(now Lapseki, Çanakkale, Turkey)
DeathplaceAthens
Third Scholarch of the LyceumBC 287

Biography

Strato of Lampsacus (/ˈstreɪtoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Στράτων ὁ Λαμψακηνός, romanized: Strátōn ho Lampsakēnós, c. 335 – c. 269 BCE) was a Peripatetic philosopher, and the third director (scholarch) of the Lyceum after the death of Theophrastus. He devoted himself especially to the study of natural science, and increased the naturalistic elements in Aristotle's thought to such an extent, that he denied the need for an active god to construct the universe, preferring to place the government of the universe in the unconscious force of nature alone.

Inspiring Quote

"Nature alone suffices to explain all phenomena, without the need for divine intervention."

—— Diogenes Laërtius, Lives of the Philosophers

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