Alcmaeon of croton biography for kids
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Alcmaeon of croton biography for kids
Alcmaeon of Croton
5th-century BC Greek physician and philosopher
Alcmaeon of Croton (; Greek: Ἀλκμαίων ὁ Κροτωνιάτης, Alkmaiōn, gen.: Ἀλκμαίωνος; fl. 5th century BC) was an early Greekmedical writer and philosopher-scientist.[1] He has been described as one of the most eminent natural philosophers and medical theorists of antiquity and he has also been referred to as "a thinker of considerable originality and one of the greatest philosophers, naturalists, and neuroscientists of all time."[2] His work in biology has been described as remarkable, and his originality made him likely a pioneer.
Because of difficulties dating Alcmaeon's birth, his importance has been neglected.[3]
Biography
Alcmaeon was born in Croton, Magna Graecia, and was the son of Peirithous.[3] Alcmaeon is said by some to have been a pupil of Pythagoras, and he is believed to have been born c.
510 BC.[4] Although he wrote primarily about medical topic