Lucian of Samosata was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed philosophers and priests, speculative beliefs about the nature of the universe, religious practices, and superstitions.
![“There was no sign of Plato, and I was told later that he had gone to live in his Republic , where he was cheerfully submitting to his own Laws . [...] None of the Stoics were present. Rumour had it that they were still clambering up the steep hill of Virtue [...]. As for the Sceptics, it appeared…” quote by Lucian of Samosata](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f3d/lucian-of-samosata-44085_plato_there-was-no-sign-of-plato-and-i-was-tol_1987041.jpg)
