pass life in a specified fashion," from Proto-Germanic*libejanan(source also of Old Norselifa"to be left; to live; to live on," of fire, "to burn;" Old Frisianlibba, Germanleben, Gothicliban"to live"), from PIE root*leip-"to stick, adhere," forming words meaning "to remain, con...
The way of life in Greek city-states remained mostly the same for a long time. People in the{{U}} (36) {{/U}}center lived in low apartment buildings or single-family homes, depending on their wealth. Dwellings, public buildings, and temples were situated around the place where people{...
a great many people over the centuries have been ready to die, or prepared to kill, in their name. People turned to these values all the more eagerly as the public domain itself became increasingly drained of meaning. Fact and
In the context of this GitHub discussion, this might be a whimsical way of hinting at the elusive and perhaps unfathomable nature of the meaning of life. "Philosophy" comes from the Greek "philosophia" (φιλοσοφία), which means love of wisdom. It encapsulates the quest for knowl...
Camus explains this in one of his most famous essays which centers on the Greek myth of Sisyphus. Sisyphus was a king who cheated the gods, and was condemned to endlessly roll a boulder up a hill. The cruelty of his punishment lies in its singular futility, but Camus argues all of ...
Amphibian, any of roughly 8,100 vertebrate species known by their ability to exploit both aquatic and terrestrial habitats. The name amphibian, derived from the Greek word meaning ‘living a double life,’ reflects this dual life strategy, but some speci
56.We must not look for a golden life in an iron age.——Unknown 我们不该在一个铁器时代要求有黄金般的生活。——佚名 57.Life holds more disappointment than satisfaction——Greek Proverb 生活中失望多于满意。——希腊谚语 58.Life is a stage,so learn to play your part.——Greek Proverb 人生...
She hates her job, fusses because she's being assigned "second-class" tourists, and finds fault with everything in Greece that isn't at least 2,000 years old. Various Greeks -- her boss, her bus driver -- tell her that she has lost her kefi, a Greek word meaning joie de vivre ...
The wise teachings of ancient Greek thinkers are timeless, and are applicable to contemporary life. 出自-2016年6月阅读原文 The nice thing about ancient philosophy as offered by the Greeks is that they tended to see life clear and whole, in a way that we tend not to see life today. 出自...
I think that we need to understand the core principles of the rationalist thought in its Greek Platonic form and in its European Cartesian version, in order to address the relevant issues properly in the current turmoil of paradigms.In Greek times, an ontological differentiation between the spiritu...