Filis of Aegina (Greek: Φιλίσκος Αἰγινήτης) was a cynical philosopher of Aegina who lived in the second half of the fourth century BC. He was the son of Onesicritus, who sent him, along with his younger brother Andréstenes, to Athens, where both were so astonished by the philosophy of Diogenes of Sinope, that Onesicritus also came to Athens to become his disciple. to Hermipo of Smyrna, Filisco was a pupil of Estilpón de Mégara, and is also described as a partner of Phocion, La Suda states that he was one of the teachers of Alexander the Great, but no other ancient author mentions this. Nevertheless, Claudio Eliano has preserved a short exhortation of Filisco addressed to Alexander: "Take care of your reputation; do not become a plague or a great disaster, bring peace and health.
Suda also mentions that Filisco wrote several dialogues, including one called Codro.Sati the peripatetic claimed that the tragedies awarded to Diogenes were, in fact, written by Filisco.Among these dialogues, awarded to Diogenes by Socio of Alexandria , there is one that is called precisely Filisco. Notes
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