The word anthropology is derived from two Greek words: anthropos meaning “man” or “human” and logos, meaning “thought” or “reason.” Anthropologists investigate the whole range of human development and behavior, including biological variation, geographic distribution, evolutionary history, ...
The word "anthropology" has been derived from two Greek words, anthropos (man) and logus (study or science). Anthropology is, thus, the science of man. This etymological meaning, of course, is too broad and general. More precisely, anthropology may be called "the science of man and his ...
On the right of the painting the words “Memphis Thebes Tennesee [Tennessee]” are written in black on top of white paint. Thebes is a city in Ancient Egypt, which is also a Greek name. Historically, Memphis, Tennessee holds a painful past for the black race. It was one of the most...
The broad term "ancient history" is not to be confused with "classical antiquity". The term classical antiquity is often used to refer to Western history in the Ancient Mediterranean from the beginning of recorded Greek history in 776 BC (first Olympiad). This roughly coincides with the traditi...
Anthropologyis the study of the physical, biological, and cultural aspects of humankind, ranging from the evolutionary origins ofHomo sapiensto the cultural significance of DNA testing and thehuman genome. The term ‘anthropology’ is derived from the Greekanthropos(human being) andlogos(word). Of...
Ancient Greek Philosophers In the tradition of Western thought up to the 20th century, the study of man has been regarded as a part of philosophy. Two sayings that have been adopted as mottoes by those who see themselves as engaged in philosophical anthropology date from the 5th century BC. ...
Two nineteenth-century notions –‘totemism’ and ‘animism’, formed the mainstay of those early discussions. Both terms were used to describe what nineteenth-century anthropologists understood to be social and cognitive practices common amongst non-western peoples. Totemism (derived from an Ojibwa ...
BLOOD GROUPS, ANTHROPOLOGY AND LANGUAGE 7 A good illustration is to be found in Old English, which contains but few words derived from its predecessor in England, Brythonic. The present speech of Gascony offers a further example, for though Basque was at one time the language of that region,...
1985. The fragility of goodness: luck and ethics in Greek tragedy and philosophy. Cambridge: University Press. ——— 1994. The therapy of desire: theory and practice in Hellenistic ethics. Princeton: University Press. Oxfeld, E. 2010. Drink water, but remember the source: moral discourse in...
("LoveofBeauty")andreceivedguidanceonitsmethod,called"hesychasm,"awayofprayer handeddownintheOrthodoxChurchfromancienttimes.ThewordhesychasmisderivedfromtheGreek verbhesychasein,whichmeans"tobequiet."AccordingtothiswayofprayeronecanattainunionwithGod byrepeatingwitheverybreath"LordJesusChrist,havemercyonme,as...