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MATHEMATICIAN
PHILONIDES OF LAODICEA (fl. 2nd century BC)
Life
Epicurean philosopher from Laodicea (Syria) who lived in Ephesus. Student of Eudemus, Apollonius of Perga (who called him the 'great geometer) and Dionysodorus the Younger. Cited by Polybius and Stobaeus.
Work
His principal writings, which survive only in fragments, were:
"On nature"
"On scientific thoughts": Thoughts (virtual applications of the intellect) on: Mathematics (point, line), Physics (atom, void).
"On writings relating to Artemon": 33 books.
"On the teachings of Dionysodorus"
"Conspectus in reply to Patareas": Commentary on the physics of Epicurus.
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