EUDEMUS OF RHODES

flourished before 300, BC also spelled Eudemos, or Eudemis Greek philosopher who was a pupil of Aristotle and a friend of Theophrastus. Together with Theophrastus, Eudemus completed Aristotle's philosophy from the point of view of systematization. The fragments of his Physics (preserved by Simplicius) and his Analytics paraphrase those of Aristotleand it was Eudemus who edited or revised the Eudemian Ethics, which are preserved under Aristotle's name. His history of geometry, arithmetic, and astronomy completed the Doctrines of the Natural Scientists of Theophrastus. The fragments have been edited by F. Wehrli, Eudemos von Rhodos (1955), being part viii of Die Schule des Aristoteles: Texte und Kommentar.