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Euclid of Megara

Euclid of Megara (flourished about 300bc), Greek philosopher and founder of the Megarian school of philosophy, born in Megara. One of the chief disciples of Socrates, Euclid combined the Socratic philosophy that virtue is knowledge with the Eleatic concept of the universe as a changeless unity that can be understood only by philosophic reflection.