Lacydes of Cyrene

thumb|Εἶτα μηδὲ νῦν.If I should not [be learning] now, when should I be? Lacydes of Cyrene (Ancient Greek: Λακύδης ὁ Κυρηναῖος) was an academic skeptic philosopher. Head of the Platonic Academy at Athens in succession to Arcesilaus from 241 BC, he was forced to resign c. 215 BC due to ill-health, and he died c. 205 BC. Nothing survives of his works. Quotes Ὀψὲ δὲ αὐτῷ γεωμετροῦντι λέγει τις, "εἶτα νῦν καιρός;" <καὶ ὅς·> "εἶτα μηδὲ νῦν." In Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, bk. 4, sec. 60 He was studying geometry very late in life, and some said to him, "Is it then a time for you to be learning now?" "If it is not," he replied, "when will it be?" Translated by C. D. Yonge (1853) He studied geometry late, and some one said to him, "Is this a proper time?" To which he replied, "Nay, is it not even yet the proper time?" Translated by R. D. Hicks (1925) If I should not be learning now, when should I be? Paraphrased in Burton Stevenson, The Home Book of Quotations (1934), p. 1098 External links Category:BCE births Category:BCE deaths Category:Philosophers from Greece