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85Greek 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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84Greek 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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83Mythical Gods And Creatures
In Greek mythology living beings come under two categories, that is, they are either gods and heroes, or creatures. Gods have most characteristics of humans, but along with this they also have supernatural...
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79Epicurus – The Happy Philosopher
Few philosophers have presented the world with a better answer to “how to be happy” than the Greek philosopher Epicurus. He believed everyone could be happy, it’s just that we were pointed in the wrong direction.
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80Themistocles
Athenian solder and politician. Largely through his success in persuading the Athenians to build a navy, Greece was saved from Persian conquest. He fought with distinction in the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC...
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77There 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...
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80Plato'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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70Greek 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;...
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86Greek 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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84Greek Philosopher: Democritus
The Greek philosopher to whom the conception of the Atomic theory is attributed. He visualised atoms - the word is Greek for 'indivisable' - as moving through space, then colliding to form the universe and...
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