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Plato's Academy79

Plato's Fascinating Theory | The Theory of Forms

I thoroughly enjoy reading about the ancient Greek philosophers, my favorites being Plato and Demosthenes. It took me a while to find something original to write about Plato as there are many superb hubs...

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Greek Philosopher: Thales

Greek philosopher, astronomer and geometrician, born in Miletus, Asia Minor. Thales is the first philosopher of whom we have record who set himself the problem of explaining the universe in terms of one...

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Greek Philosopher: Pythagoras

Greek mathematican and philosopher, best known for his discovery that the square of the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides. Greek philosopher...

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Platonism is the Philosophy of Plato83

Greek Philosopher: Plato

Born at Athens of a noble family, he intended to enter politics but was disgusted with Athenian political intrigue and disillusioned with the democratic regime. He became a disciple of Socrates and was...

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Plato and Aristotle by Raffaello Sanzio (1483 – 1520)77

Greek Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of the truth or principles underlying all knowledge, an investigation into the nature of reality. The word 'philosophy' derives from the Greek philosophos which means "a lover of...

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Greek Philosopher: Diogenes

The celebrated Greek cynic philosopher who is said to have lived in a tub, wearing the coarsest clothing and living on the plainest food. Many of his sayings have been preseved, and serve for occasional...

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Practicing Greek Philosophy

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled (poets) to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without...

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Greek Philosopher: Epicurus

The founder of the Epicurean philosophy in Athens in 306 BC, which taught that virtue should be followed because it leads to happiness and that good was pleasure and evil was pain. He began his studies with a...

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Diogenes: The Real McCoy

With honor and respect this scribe borrows his name.. I apologise in advance for what I realize is going to come as a terrible shock to my huge readership, family, friends and two budgies. It is with deep...

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Greek Philosopher: Carneades

Carneades was an outstanding exponent of the philosophy of Skepticism. He founded the New Academy, a continuation of the famous school of philosophy begun by Plato.

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