# Euclid of Megara

> A student at Socrates' deathbed who went on to argue that goodness was the only thing truly real — one, eternal, and without opposite — and spent centuries getting confused with the geometry guy.

*Greek philosopher (c. 435 – c. 365 BC)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/euclid-of-megara

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** -436
- **Died:** -365
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Euclid studied under Socrates in the late 5th century BC and was there when his teacher died. Afterward, he founded the Megarian school and built a philosophy around a single unshakable claim: the supreme good is one thing, eternal and unchangeable, and nothing contrary to it exists. For over a thousand years, medieval scholars mixed him up with Euclid of Alexandria, the mathematician, when copying and translating the Elements — a case of mistaken identity that outlasted the philosophy itself.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.0 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 21.5 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Academics, #Academic, #Philosophy, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid_of_Megara)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312682)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Euclid%20of%20Megara)
- [Евклид Мегарски](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B2%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8)
- [মেগারার ইউক্লিড](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1)
- [Euclides de Mègara](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclides_de_M%C3%A8gara)
- [Eukleidés z Megary](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukleid%C3%A9s_z_Megary)
- [Euklid von Megara](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euklid_von_Megara)
- [Ευκλείδης ο Μεγαρεύς](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CF%85%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%BF_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%8D%CF%82)
- [Eŭklido de Megara](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/E%C5%ADklido_de_Megara)
- [Euclides de Mégara](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclides_de_M%C3%A9gara)
- [Eukleides Megarast](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukleides_Megarast)
- [اقلیدس مگارایی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%82%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B3_%D9%85%DA%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C)
- [Eukleides Megaralainen](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukleides_Megaralainen)
- [Euclide de Mégare](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclide_de_M%C3%A9gare)
- [Euclides de Mégara](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclides_de_M%C3%A9gara)
- [Megarai Eukleidész](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megarai_Eukleid%C3%A9sz)
- [Eukleides dari Megara](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukleides_dari_Megara)
- [Euclide di Megara](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclide_di_Megara)
- [メガラのエウクレイデス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%AC%E3%83%A9%E3%81%AE%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A6%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9)
- [메가라의 에우클레이데스](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%94%EA%B0%80%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%98_%EC%97%90%EC%9A%B0%ED%81%B4%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B4%EB%8D%B0%EC%8A%A4)
- [Euclides Megareus](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclides_Megareus)
- [Euclide de Megara](https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclide_de_Megara)
- [Euklidas Megarietis](https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euklidas_Megarietis)
- [Euclides van Megara](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclides_van_Megara)
- [اوكليد اوف ميجارا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%81_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7)
- [Evklid (Meqaralı)](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evklid_(Meqaral%C4%B1))

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