On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias

On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias

On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias is a short work falsely attributed to Aristotle. The work was likely written during the 1st century AD. or later by a member of the peripatetic school.[1]

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  1. ^ Guthrie (1962:367).

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