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75Greek 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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75Greek 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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87Greek 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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81Greek 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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78Plato'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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74Dreams of Reptiles, Insects and Fish
Historically, dream was thought of as communication from the gods. Even though it is said that Egyptians were the first to interpret dreams, as early the 5th century BC, the Greek philosopher Heraclitus,...
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71Greek Philosopher Plato
Plato, ancient Greek philosopher. Born Athens, Greece, about 428 B.C. Died Athens, about 347 B.C.
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78Greek 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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81Greek 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...
4 comments70What is Philosophy?
The word itself comes from the Greek and means love of wisdom. In this sense philosophy is the study of the principles which underlie all knowledge. Throughout the ages, philosophers have asked a great many...
