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65Scepticism of the Ancient Greek Philosophers
The sceptical contention is that we cannot know anything at all, not even whether the sceptical contention itself is true. This doctrine led the ancient sceptics to suspend judgement on many issues,...
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62Greek Philosopher: Xenocrates
Xenocrates was Greek philosopher born around 396 BC in Chalcedon, Bithynia, Asia Minor. In 380 BC he migrated to Athens, where he studied philosophy under Plato and eventually presided over Plato's Academy...
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67What 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...
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68Greek Philosopher: Zeno of Sidon
Zeno of Sidon was a Greek philosopher. Born in Sidon, Phoenicia (now Lebanon) in around 150 B.C.He directed the Epicurean school at Athens after 100 B.C. and is known chiefly from the philosophical dialogues...
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77Greek Philosopher: Plotinus
Roman philosopher of the Neoplatonic school, born in Asyut, Egypt. Plotinus lived from 205 to 270 AD in Alexandria. He studied with the Alexandrian philosopher Ammonius Saccas at Alexandria for a period of...
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70There Is Nothing New Under The Sun
In my past I was introduce to a book which I have studied, and every now and then I go back to the archives and brush up on some of the lessons contained therein. If you like to challenge your own way of...
0 comments66Greek Philosopher Plato
Plato, ancient Greek philosopher. Born Athens, Greece, about 428 B.C. Died Athens, about 347 B.C.
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68Greek Philosopher: Antisthenes
Greek philosopher, founder of the school of philosophy called Cynicism. He was born in Athens and became a disciple of Socrates. Antisthenes taught in the gymnasium known as the Cynosarges outside Athens;...
0 comments61Is God Providential? An Argument by Epicurus
Many people are comforted by the belief that there is a God whom is loving and caring. These believers feel God is watching over them, protecting them, and providing for them. However, even among those who...
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75Greek Philosopher Socrates
Socrates was a Greek philosopher and moralist. He wrote no philosophical works himself, but the discussions he held with the young men who gathered round him affected profoundly the subsequent development of philosophy, particularly through their influence on Plato. Philosophers before Socrates speculated—naively, though interestingly, about the composition and workings of the natural universe, but Socrates made others conscious of the absence of any agreed standard of truth in such matters.
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