Taylor, ed., Routledge History of Philosophy, Volume 1: From the Beginning to Plato (London: Routledge, 1997); David Furley, ed., Routledge History of Philosophy, Volume 2: Aristotle to Augustine (London: Routledge, 1997); Julia Annas, Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford:...
Socrates: A Very Short Introduction Plato Athens (428-327 BCE) A student of Socrates, Plato founded The Academy in Athens and became one of the greatest figures in the entire history of philosophy. He believed in the existence of ideal forms, residing beyond the physical world and known by ...
including: science, philosophy, religion, the study of ritual, literature, psychology, structuralism, and social studies. The book is organized so as to compare competing ideas of various major scholars in each of the aforementioned
Greek philosophy seems to begin with a preposterous fancy, with the proposition that water is the origin and mother-womb of all things. Is it really necessary to stop there and become serious? Yes, and for three reasons: firstly, because the preposition does enunciate something about the ...
The Origin of Philosophy:The Attributes of Mythic/Mythopoeic ThoughtThe pioneering work on this subject was The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man, An Essay on Speculative Thought in the Ancient Near East by Henri Frankfort, H.A. Frankfort, John A. Wilson, Thorkild Jacobsen, and William A. ...
Plato, Republic - Greek Philosophy C4th B.C. Apollodorus, The Library - Greek Mythography C2nd A.D. Apollonius Rhodius, The Argonautica - Greek Epic C3rd B.C. Callimachus, Hymns - Greek Poetry C3rd B.C. Callimachus, Fragments - Greek Poetry C3rd B.C. Lycophron, Alexandra - Greek Poe...
Anaximander was the author of the first surviving lines of Western philosophy. He speculated and argued about 'the Boundless' as the origin of all that is. He also worked on the fields of what we now call geography and biology. Moreover, Anaximander was the first speculative astronomer. He ...
The culture and tradition of Greece are among the richest and most influential in the world, deeply rooted in history, art, and philosophy. This enduring legacy has shaped Western civilization and continues to captivate people with its profound depth and diversity. Greek culture is a splendid tape...
Paragraph 1:In Greek and Roman civilization, parks were associated with spirituality, public recreation, and city living. Greek philosophers pondered the meaning of nature and its innermost workings, the relationships beTween animals and humankind, and how matter related to spirit. The philosophy of ...
He also dedicates a separate section in his epilogue to the “Parallel Lives” of Laozi and Heraclitus, whose philosophy, he agrees with Seferiadi, is in many respects reminiscent of that of the “wise old man” (Laozi). Alexakis finds resonances between Heraclitus’s logos (λόγος...