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Antiochus of Ascalon Quotes on Knowledge

Antiochus of Ascalon was a Greek philosopher who broke with the skeptical New Academy of Carneades and Philo of Larissa to revive a positive, dogmatic Platonism. This page collects quotes attributed to Antiochus of Ascalon on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Antiochus of Ascalon:

    “The Old Academy and the New Academy disagree only in name.”

  • Attributed to Antiochus of Ascalon:

    “Truth is one, and we approach it through every honest school.”

  • Attributed to Antiochus of Ascalon:

    “The wise man knows the limits of his own ignorance.”

  • Attributed to Antiochus of Ascalon:

    “Plato, Aristotle, and the early Stoics are saying the same thing in different words.”