Aeschines of Sphettus
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4th century BC Greek philosopher
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Aeschines of Sphettus or Aeschines Socraticus , son of Lysanias, of the deme Sphettus of Athens, was a philosopher who in his youth was a follower of Socrates. Historians call him Aeschines Socraticus—"the Socratic Aeschines"—to distinguish him from the more historically influential Athenian orator also named Aeschines. His name is sometimes but now rarely written as Aischines or Æschines.
