Greek philosophers
Antiochos of Ascalon
Antiochos of Ascalon was a Greek philosopher who was born in Ashkelon (present-day Israel) around 125 BC and was a key representative of eclecticism. He died around 68 BC.
Antiochus of Ascalon sought to combine Platonism, Aristotelianism, Stoicism, Peripateticism and Pythagoreanism.
He was educated in Syria or Alexandria, but mainly in Athens. Here he was the head of an entire academy. This period of the Athenian Academy is referred to as the fifth period of the Athenian Academy and was preceded by the important fourth "Plato period". He himself demanded a dogmatic interpretation of Plato and rejected skepticism. Interestingly, he himself departed from Plato by claiming that the mind could distinguish between truth and falsehood. Furthermore, his views also relied heavily on Aristotle.
His works have not survived, but his most famous pupil Cicero quotes him in his writings.