Lacydes - If it is not now the time to study Geometry, when will it

If it is not now the time to study Geometry, when will it be?

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Lacydes of Cyrene

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Lacydes, ?-205 BC, Greek Philosopher, Head of the Academy at Athens, Response to a colleague who asked him in his old age if this were the time for him to take classes and learn a new subject, Quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers: The Academy

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Lacydes of Cyrene (Greek: Λακύδης ὁ Κυρηναῖος), Academic Skeptic philosopher, was head of the Platonic Academy at Athens in succession to Arcesilaus from 241 BC. He was forced to resign c. 215 BC due to ill-health, and he died c. 205 BC. Nothing survives of his works.

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