Metrodorus
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Metrodorus (331–278 BC) was a Greek philosopher of the Epicurean school. Although one of the four major proponents of Epicureanism, only fragments of his works remain. Epicurus claimed him not to be an original thinker.
The following quote is often attributed to him. If accurate, it demonstrates that Metrodorus had a cosmological philosophy that was very advanced for the ancient world: "To consider the Earth as the only populated world in infinite space is as absurd as to assert that in an entire field of millet, only one grain will grow."
The books he authored include:
- Against the Physicians (3 volumes)
- Of Sensations
- Against Timocrates
- Of Magnanimity
- Of Epicurus's Weak Health
- Against the Dialecticians
- Against the Sophists (9 volumes)
- The Way to Wisdom
- Of Change
- Of Wealth
- In Criticism of Democritus
- Of Noble Birth
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