TheEretrian school of philosophy was originally theSchool ofElis, where it had been founded byPhaedo of Elis; it was later transferred toEretria by his pupilMenedemus.[1] It can be referred to as theElian-Eretrian School, on the assumption that the views of the two schools were similar. It died out after the time of Menedemus (3rd century BC), and, consequently, very little is known about its tenets. Phaedo had been a pupil ofSocrates, andPlato named a dialogue,Phaedo, in his honor, but it is not possible to infer his doctrines from the dialogue. Menedemus was a pupil ofStilpo atMegara before becoming a pupil of Phaedo; in later times, the views of his school were often linked with those of theMegarian school. Menedemus' friend and colleague in the Eretrian school wasAsclepiades of Phlius.
Like the Megarians they seem to have believed in the individuality of "the Good," the denial of the plurality ofvirtue, and of any real difference existing between the Good and the True.Cicero tells us that they placed all good in themind, and in that acuteness of mind by which thetruth is discerned.[2] They denied that truth could be inferred by negative categoricalpropositions, and would only allow positive ones, and of these only simple ones.[3]
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