Thearidas (Θεαρίδας ὁ φιλόσοφος)
Life No biographical details for Thearidas are recorded in major scholarly sources. Searches of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics, Perseus Digital Library, and other standard references yield no results for a 7th-century BCE philosopher of this name.
Works No works are attributed to Thearidas in the consulted sources. The existence of any treatise remains unattested.
Significance Thearidas holds no established position in the historiography of early Greek philosophy. He is absent from all canonical accounts of Presocratic or Archaic thought.
Sources * Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu * Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://iep.utm.edu * Encyclopædia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com * Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics: https://oxfordre.com/classics/ * Perseus Digital Library: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu * Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (via Perseus): https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104 * World History Encyclopedia: https://www.worldhistory.org * ToposText: https://topostext.org
Available Works
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- Stanford Encyclopedia Entry (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Accessed: 2026-01-25
- IEP Entry (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Accessed: 2026-01-25
- Britannica Entry (Encyclopædia Britannica) Accessed: 2026-01-25
- Oxford Research Encyclopedia Entry (Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Classics) Accessed: 2026-01-25
- Perseus Entry (Perseus Digital Library) Accessed: 2026-01-25
- Perseus Entry (Perseus Digital Library) Accessed: 2026-01-25
- World History Encyclopedia Entry (World History Encyclopedia) Accessed: 2026-01-25
- ToposText Entry (ToposText) Accessed: 2026-01-25