Clinomachus (Greek:Κλεινόμαχος; 4th-century BC), was aMegarian philosopher fromThurii,Magna Graecia. He is said byDiogenes Laërtius to have been the first who composed treatises on the fundamental principles ofdialectics,^[1] and is described as the founder of the Dialectical school.^[2] According to theSuda, he was the disciple ofEuclid of Megara,^[3] and he taughtBryson, the teacher ofPyrrho.^[4] He thus lived towards the earlier half of the 4th century BC.

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870)."Cleinomachus".Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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