121. Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Hellenistic World 2ND ancient Skepticism Stanford Encyclopedia of philosophy; Diogenes Laërtius The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers The Sceptics Life of Pyrrho http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook08.html

Halsall Home Medieval Sourcebook Modern History Sourcebook Other History Sourcebooks: African East Asian Indian Islamic ... Greece Hellenistic Wld Rome Late Antiquity Christian Origins See Main Page for a guide to all contents of all sections. Contents The Hellenistic World Alexander (356-323 BCE) The Hellenistic States Ptolemaic Egypt (323-30 BCE) Seleucid Empire (323-63 BCE) Advent of Rome Art and Architecture Literature Idyll Novels Biography Philosophy Cynics Epicureans Stoics Skeptics Religion Science and Medicine Critical Thought Theoretical Science Mathematics Medicine Engineering Travel: Geography Modern Perspectives on Hellenistic Greece The Hellenistic World MEGA Hellenistic Greece on the Net MEGA Internet Resources for Study of Hellenistic History [at Alberta] Back to Index Alexander (356-323 BCE) Map: Alexander's Conquests to 323BCE [At Acadia] Map: Alexander's Campaigns in the West [At Hawaii] Animated Map: Alexander's Campaigns [At WWU] Plutarch (c.46-c.120 CE): Life of Alexander [At MIT] Plutarch (c.46-c.120 CE):

122. Epicurus And Epicurean Philosophy Offers ancient texts, history, bibliography, related links, and email discussion group. http://www.epicurus.net/

Welcome . . . The Ancient Epicurean Texts . . . Epicurus (341-270 B.C.) Principal Doctrines Vatican Sayings Letter to Menoeceus Letter to Herodotus ... Last Will Diogenes Laertius (early 200s A.D., biographer of Epicurus) Lives of Eminent Philosophers, book X Lucretius (99-55 B.C., Epicurean poet) De Rerum Natura On the Nature of Things Cicero (106-43 B.C., critic who recorded Epicurean monologues) De Finibus On Ends De Natura Deorum On the Nature of the Gods , selection) Horace (65-8 B.C., poet) Letter to Tibullus Lucian (120-190 A.D., satirist) Alexander the Oracle-Monger Zeus Rants Cornelius Nepos (100-25 B.C., biographer) De Latinis Historicis - Atticus Plutarch (early 100s A.D., Platonist critic) Adversus Colotem Against Colotes , selection) Lactantius (early 300s A.D., Christian critic) The Divine Institutes On the Anger of God (selection) Exploring Epicureanism . . . What are the beliefs of Epicureans? [Under Construction] How is Epicureanism related to other Greek philosophies? [Under Construction] What is the history of Epicurus and his school? Where can I find books and on-line resources about Epicureanism? Finding Epicureans . . . An Epicurean wedding If you are interested in discussing Epicureanism and related subjects

123. Vartiklis: Greek Philosophy. Ancient Greek Cosmology. From Parmenid To Socrates The Lithuanian page about greek philosophy. ancient greek cosmology from Parmenid to Socrates. Senoves Graikijos filosofijos sroves. Kosmologija iki Sokrato. http://www.spauda.lt/plato/pliur.htm

Senovës Graikijos filosofijos srovës Kosmologija iki Sokrato. Pliuristinës kosmologijos Parmenidas [apie Parmenidà daugiau rasite sekdami ðia nuoroda ]. padarë milþiniðkà poveiká vëlesniems filosofams, kurie bandë "áveikti" jo teiginá, kad "niekas neatsiranda ir niekas neiðnyksta". Taipogi, buvo priimtas jo teiginys, kad skririasi jutiminis ir realusis pasauliai. Empedoklis ið Akrago (5 a.pr.m.e. vidurys) iðskyrë keturis "visa ko pagrindus", kurie niekada neiðnyksta ir neatsiranda, nedidëja ir nemaþëja, ir dvi galias (meilæ ir neapykantà), kurios yra bet kurio kitimo pagrindas. Tuos elementus á daiktus sujungia meilë, o iðskiria - neapykanta. Taip atsiranda ir iðnyksta daiktai, tesantys tø substancijø miðinys. Taipogi jis aiðkino, kodël atsitiktinis elementø darinys gali sutverti gyvas bûtybes. Tai tarsi prisitaikymo teorija. Netikusiai susidariusios bûtybës negalëtø iðgyventi. Tik tinkamai susidëjusios jos iðlieka ir pratæsia savo giminæ. [apie Empedoklá daugiau rasite sekdami ðia nuoroda Anaksagoras ið Klazomenos (5 a.pr.m.e.) sakë, kad jei niekas negali atsirasti, tai visa turi bûti kiekviename - taèiau nepaprastai smulkiø daleliø pavidalu. Þmogus visa (viename) nejunta, nes daikte vieno tipo daleliø yra þymiai daugiau (ir þmogus jas pajunta) nei kitø. Bûna, kad tuos paèius dalykus þmonës priima skirtingai [pvz., vieni gyvûnai geriau mato naktá, kiti - dienà]. Taip yra, nes panaðus suvokia panaðø Vieno asmens jutimo organai turi daugiau vieno tipo daleliø nei kito asmens.

124. Www.JinShinJyutsu.com - Welcome To Jin Shin Jyutsu.Inc! Physiophilosophy and ancient art of harmonizing the life energy in the body. Classes and training in Scottsdale, Arizona. http://www.jinshinjyutsu.com/

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125. Vartiklis: Greek Philosophy. Ancient Greek Cosmology. Sophists The Lithuanian page about greek philosophy. ancient greek cosmology till Socrates. Sophists. Senoves Graikijos filosofijos sroves. Kosmologija iki Sokrato. http://www.spauda.lt/plato/world.htm

Senovës Graikijos filosofijos srovës Kosmologija iki Sokrato. Pasaulio paþinimo sampratos vystymasis Jonijos mokykla Ði mokykla stebëjo gamtà, todël jos atstovai buvo vadinami phusikoi ("phusis" - "gamta", ið èia kilo mûsø fizika). Maþdaug 6 a.pr.m.e. Egëjaus jûros Mileto saloje Talis paklausë: "Ið ko sudarytas pasaulis?" Jis apsiþvalgë ir iðvydo nuolat kintanèius daiktus. Potvynio bangos ateina ir atslûgsta. Kur krito sëkla, iðauga medis. Taèiau juk turi bûti kaþkas pastovaus ir nekintamo ðiame pasaulyje? Uþ gimimø ir mirties pasaulio turi bûti kaþkokia pirmapradë substancija ið kurios galima kildinti viskà. Ir Talis nusprendë, kad tai vanduo [apie Talá daugiau rasite sekdami ðia nuoroda Jo mokinys Anaksimandras nusprendë, kad pirmapradë materija neturëjo formos, pavidalo ar kokiø kitø iðskirtiniø savybiø. Jis jà vadino Beribe. Ji teturëjo vienà savybæ - visada buvo judesyje. Bet kaip ið ðios beformës masës atsirado mûsø pasaulis? Pasaulyje nuolat vyksta prieðybiø kova. Ir pirmapradei materijai sûkuriuojant erdvëje iðsiskyrë 4-ios pagrindinës prieðybës: karðtis-ðaltis, drëgmë sausra. Ðaltis ir drëgmë nusileido á sûkurio vidurá ir vieto þeme. Karðtis ir sausra pakilo á pakraðtá ir sutvërë ugnies þiedà. Ið þemës kylantis rûkas trukdo visàlaik regëti tà ugnies jûrà. Mes matome tik jos liepsnas pro rûko plyðius: Saulæ, mënulá ir þvaigþdes. Drëgmæ veikiant karðèiui atsirado gyvybë - pirmiausia vandenyje. Þmogus iðsivystë ið þuvies, kuri iðlipo á sausumà [apie Anaksimandrà daugiau rasite sekdami ðia nuoroda Kitas Talio mokinys

126. THE MILESIANS An online quiz for students being introduced to the teachings of these ancient Ionians. http://academic.uofs.edu/faculty/pm363/apology/milesi00.htm

THE MILESIANS Directions: Read to the bottom (scrolling This is an exercise set of problems on The Milesians, Chapter Three of Mohr's Introduction to Philosophy. menu This set has 20 problems.

127. Ancient Philosophy : Routledge Encyclopedia Of Philosophy Online ancient philosophy. DAVID SEDLEY. ancient philosophy. The philosophy of the GrecoRoman world from the sixth century bc to the http://www.rep.routledge.com/article/A130

HOME HELP Article Bibliography ... Ancient philosophy DAVID SEDLEY Ancient philosophy The philosophy of the Greco-Roman world from the sixth century bc to the sixth century ad laid the foundations for all subsequent Western philosophy. Its greatest figures are Socrates (fifth century bc ) and Plato and Aristotle (fourth century bc ). But the enormously diverse range of further important thinkers who populated the period includes the Presocratics and Sophists of the sixth and fifth centuries bc ; the Stoics, Epicureans and sceptics of the Hellenistic age; and the many Aristotelian and (especially) Platonist philosophers who wrote under the Roman Empire, including the great Neoplatonist Plotinus. Ancient philosophy was principally pagan, and was finally eclipsed by Christianity in the sixth century ad , but it was so comprehensively annexed by its conqueror that it came, through Christianity, to dominate medieval and Renaissance philosophy. This eventual symbiosis between ancient philosophy and Christianity may reflect the fact that philosophical creeds in late antiquity fulfilled much the same role as religious movements, with which they shared many of their aims and practices. Only a small fraction of ancient philosophical writings have come down to us intact. The remainder can be recovered, to a greater or lesser extent, by piecing together fragmentary evidence from sources which refer to them.

128. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa A religious and educational charity, (Reg.No.801629,) established on 7th October, 1987CE to promote the ancient teachings and philosophy of Odin. Located in London, England. http://www.gippeswic.demon.co.uk/odinshof.html

ODINSHOF: THE WAY OF THE RAVEN. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: * Presenting the Northern Tradition to the general public, including those familiar with paganism; * Working with the Olgar Trust to purchase woodland for conservation and ritual use; * Training Heathen priests and priestesses. THE FIRST DECADE The Odinshof is a religious and educational charity, (Reg.No.801629,) established on 7th October, 1987CE to promote the ancient teachings and philosophy of Odin. As a Heathen organisation the Odinshof acknowledges all other Germano-Celtic deities of old Europe. To those who regard Odin, (Old English ‘Woden,’ ) as a historical character, he probably lived around 250BCE as the head of a Transylvanian Celtic tribe in an area that was called Tylis. Some of Odin’s teachings can be found as part of an ancient poem called the Havamal, meaning the ‘sayings of the High One’ (Odin.) It was written down about 700 years ago by an Icelandic scribe and a copy was preserved in Denmark. (It was later returned to Iceland.) It records a much earlier oral tradition. Odin is credited with finding the magical Futhark runic ‘alphabet.’ Runes are far older than the period when he lived on earth, but 250BCE seems to be the approximate date when they passed to Germanic speaking tribes. Wednesday and the place ‘Wednesbury’ are named after Woden. Nine days after the Constitution of the Odinshof was signed by co-founders Martyn Taylor and John Broughton in Grimston, Norfolk, the great hurricane swept across Britain on its way to the North Pole. Nine is a particularly magical number for followers of Odin ('Odinists,') as it is recorded in part of the Havamal that he hung on the world tree for nine long nights to discover the secrets of the runes. Since the founding days the Odinshof has evolved considerably from a group of friends to become a registered charity.

129. Graduate Program In Classics, Philosophy And Ancient Science James Allen (philosophy; Ph.D., Princeton) ancient Greek and Latin philosophy; ancient medicine; early modern philosophy; ethical theory http://www.pitt.edu/~classics/cpas.html

For further information about this program contact James Allen, jvallen@pitt.edu , Department of Philosophy, or Helen C. Cullyer, cullyerh@pitt.edu , Department of Classics. CPAS Faculty Recent Courses Department of Classics ... Graduate Program in Classics, Philosophy, and Ancient Science 18 Sep 2003 CPAS Faculty We sadly report the passing of our colleague Heda Segvic in March 2003 after a long illness. James Allen Nicholas F. Jones Jessica Moss Harry C. Avery ... Hans-Peter Stahl James Allen (Philosophy; Ph.D., Princeton) ancient Greek and Latin philosophy; ancient medicine; early modern philosophy; ethical theory James Allen is associate professor of philosophy, a fellow of the Center for Philosophy of Science and a member of the Graduate Program in Classics, Philosophy and Ancient Science. He has held a visiting appointment at Yale and been a visiting fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge, and a Stipendiat of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung at the Universität Hamburg. His principal interest is ancient Greek and Roman philosophy. He has published articles about ancient conceptions of expertise, ancient skepticism, ancient medicine, Aristotelian logic, Epicureanism, Stoicism, and Cicero, and is the author of Inference from Signs: Ancient Debates about the Nature of Evidence

130. SAGP Founded in 1953 and based at Binghamton University. The society sponsors sessions with the annual meetings of the American Philosophical Association, Society for the Study of Islamic philosophy and Science, and the International Association for Greek philosophy. Site contains membership information and conference dates, locations, and submission deadlines. http://sagp.binghamton.edu/

131. Lycoming College Program In Archaeology And Culture Of The Ancient Near East A multidisciplinary program of Anthropology, Art, Economics and Geology to History, Literature, philosophy, Political Science, and Religion. Offers ancient Greek and Hebrew. http://www.lycoming.edu/arch/

What's New? Campus Tour Search Lycoming Directories ... Snowden Library Archaeology and Culture of the Ancient Near East (formerly "Near Eastern Culture and Archaeology") Explore the cradle of western civilization through travel, digs, and a menu of courses that combines the resources of several departments from Anthropology, Art, Economics and Geology to History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion. In addition, Lycoming is one of a few schools its size to offer both ancient Hebrew and ancient Greek for those who plan advanced study in this area. Why Archaeology? The Archaeology Program at Lycoming College Archaeological Digs in the Near East ... (ANE) Check out the info about our new Minor in Archaeology! Interest in Classical and Greco-Roman Archaeology? Interest in Egyptology? Interest in American Archaeology? Courses (as listed in the Catalog under each Department) Anthropology Art and Art History History Religion and Biblical Languages Resources for Biblical Languages (Hebrew, Greek)

132. The Academy [Internet Encyclopedia Of Philosophy] Brief article on the development of this ancient school. http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/academy.htm

The Academy Philosophical institution founded by Plato, which advocated skepticism in succeeding generations. The Academy ( Academia Academia is frequently used in philosophical writings, especially in Cicero, as indicative of the Academic sect. Sextus Empiricus enumerates five divisions of the followers of Plato. He makes Plato founder of the first Academy, Aresilaus of the second, Carneades of the third, Philo and Charmides of the fourth, Antiochus of the fifth. Cicero recognizes only two Academies, the Old and the New, and makes the latter commence as above with Arcesilaus. In enumerating those of the old Academy, he begins, not with Plato, but Democritus, and gives them in the following order: Democritus, Anaxagoras, Empedocles, Parmenides, Xenophanes, Socrates, Plato, Speusippus, Xenocrates, Polemo, Crates, and Crantor. In the New, or Younger, he mentions Arcesilaus, Lacydes, Evander, Hegesinus, Carneades, Clitomachus, and Philo ( Acad. Quaest. iv. 5). If we follow the distinction laid down by Diogenes, and alluded to above, the Old Academy will consist of those followers of Plato who taught the doctrine of their master without mixture or corruption; the Middle will embrace those who, by certain innovations in the manner of philosophizing, in some measure receded from the Platonic system without entirely deserting it; while the New will begin with those who relinquished the more questionable tenets of Arcesilaus, and restored, in come measure, the declining reputation of the Platonic school.

133. Teaching Ancient Philosophy - Home Introduction Issues Courses Resources for Teachers Online Resources Electronic Texts Chronology Site Index, This site was created http://www.john.sellars.btinternet.co.uk/tap/

Introduction Issues Courses Resources for Teachers ... Site Index This site was created by Dr John Sellars for the PRS-LTSN

134. James's Liberty File Collection Index A collection of files that contains mostly ancient philosophy rather than fast breaking news, links. http://www.jim.com/

James's Liberty file collection index This is a collection of files related to liberty, the right to bear arms, and the like. It contains mostly ancient philosophy rather than fast breaking news. The issues discussed here have been discussed for centuries or millennia, and the newest facts and newest arguments on these issues are mostly few decades old Collected, edited, and sometimes written by jamesd@echeque.com Some other sites relevant to liberty Collected quotations Some funny, some profound, many both profound and funny. By the famous, the infamous, and the obscure. Natural Law and Natural Rights An explanation of natural law and natural rights. Most of the old literature on natural law and natural rights, notably the writings of John Locke, has become incomprehensible because we no longer have the background knowledge of natural law that those writers assumed. This article makes the concept of natural law intelligible to modern people. Spooner makes the natural law argument in favor of anarchy.

135. Ancient History Sourcebook: George Long: Philosophy Of Antoninus Essay on Antonious and Stoicism in general. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/long-anton.html

Back to Ancient History Sourcebook Ancient History Sourcebook: George Long: Philosophy Of Antoninus Stoic Philosophy Part I. and the poets Persius and Juvenal, whose energetic language and manly thoughts may be as instructive to us now as they might have been to their contemporaries. Persius died under Nero's bloody reign, but Juvenal had the good fortune to survive the tyrant Domitian and to see the better times of Nerva, Trajan, and Hadrian. His best precepts are derived from the Stoic school, and they are enforced in his finest verses by the unrivalled vigour of the Latin language. [Footnote 1: I have omitted Seneca, Nero's preceptor. He was in a sense a Stoic and he has said many good things in a very fine way. There is a judgment of Gellius (XII. 2) on Seneca, or rather a statement of what some people thought of his philosophy, and it is not favourable. His writings and his life must be taken together, and I have nothing more to say of him here. The reader will find a notice of Seneca and his philosophy in "Seekers after God," by the Rev. F. W. Farrar. Macmillan and Co.] [Footnote 2: Ribbeck has laboured to prove that those Satires which contain philosophical precepts are not the work of the real, but of a false Juvenal, a Declamator. Still the verses exist, and were written by somebody who was acquainted with the Stoic doctrines.]

136. Indian Philosophy Before The Greeks (There are honourable exceptions!) A particularly unfortunate consequence of this is that the study of ancient philosophy generally focuses exclusively on the http://www.nalanda.demon.co.uk/preGreek.htm

INDIAN PHILOSOPHY before the GREEKS. INTRODUCTION If Indian philosophy is studied in British Universities, it is rarely the philosophy department that offers it. (There are honourable exceptions!) A particularly unfortunate consequence of this is that the study of Ancient Philosophy generally focuses exclusively on the history of Greek Philosophy and leaves aside the more ancient history of Indian and the equally ancient history of Chinese philosophy, let alone the more controverted issues surrounding the existence of philosophical thought in ancient Egypt. If early Indian philosophy is addressed in the academic discussion of Ancient Philosophy, it is usually in terms of the possibility that Indian thought may have influenced the development of Greek philosophy. Such an influence certainly could have existed: the Persian Empire included Indians in its Eastern Satrapies and Greeks in the cities on the coast of Asia Minor; the means of transmission clearly existed. Tantalising parallels exist, and in many cases the Indian texts are demonstrably earlier. The passage in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, for example

137. Walk Like An Egyptian With Horoscope FAQ and glossary from Ramona Louise Wheeler, author of a guide to the religion and philosophy of ancient Egypt under this title. http://members.aol.com/tokapu/Walkle01.htm

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138. OUP: Oxford Studies In Ancient Philosophy Oxford Studies in ancient philosophy. Oxford Studies in ancient philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. http://www.oup.co.uk/academic/humanities/philosophy/series/osap/

NEVER MISS AN OXFORD SALE (SIGN UP HERE) VIEW BASKET Quick Links About OUP Career Opportunities Contacts Need help? oup.com Search the Catalogue Site Index American National Biography Booksellers' Information Service Children's Fiction and Poetry Children's Reference Dictionaries Dictionary of National Biography Digital Reference English Language Teaching Higher Education Textbooks Humanities International Education Unit Journals Law Medicine Music Oxford English Dictionary Reference Rights and Permissions Science School Books Social Sciences World's Classics UK and Europe Humanities Philosophy Browse by Series ... Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. Editor: David Sedley, Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy, University of Cambridge. More about OSAP See a full listing of all volumes in the series. Read on Notes for Contributors Contributors are asked to observe the notes below.

139. Cynic - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Entry in Wikipedia on the small but influential school of ancient philosophy, whose members included Antisthenes, Diogenes of Sinope, Crates of Thebes, and Zeno. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynic

Cynic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Cynics were a small but influential school of ancient philosophers . Their name is thought to be derived either from the building in Athens called Cynosarges, the earliest home of the school, or from the Greek word for a dog ( kuon ), in contemptuous allusion to the uncouth and aggressive manners adopted by the members of the school. Whichever of these explanations is correct, it is noticeable that the Cynics agreed in taking a dog as their common badge or symbol, as early as the tombstone of Diogenes of Sinope . From a popular conception of the intellectual characteristics of the school comes the modern sense of "cynic," implying a sneering disposition to disbelieve in the goodness of human motives and a contemptuous feeling of superiority. The importance of the school's principles lies not only in their intrinsic value as an ethical system, but also in the fact that they form the link between Socrates and the Stoics , between the essentially Greek philosophy of the 4th century BC and a system of thought which has exercised a profound and far-reaching influence on medieval and modern ethics. From the time of Socrates in unbroken succession up to the reign of

140. Boethius, C.475-524 A brief biography with a selection from The Consolation of philosophy. http://www.historyguide.org/ancient/boethius.html

Boethius, c.475-524 Anicius Manlius Severinus, better known as Boethius, was born of a consular family and studied philosophy, mathematics and poetry. Soon after 500 he was appointed a court minister by the Gothic king, Theodoric, now ruling Italy from Rome. Boethius was made consul in 510, and his two sons shared the same honor in 522. But his boldness brought down upon his head the vengeance of those whom he had checked in their oppressions. He was accused of treasonable designs against Theodoric, was stripped of his dignities, and, after imprisonment and torture at Pavia, was executed in 524. During his imprisonment he wrote his famous De Consolatione Philosophiae (a selection of which follows), in which the author holds a conversation with Philosophy, who shows him the mutability of all earthly fortune, and the insecurity of everything save virtue. The work, which in style imitates the best Augustan models, is theistic in its language, but affords no indication that that its writer was in fact a Christian. Boethius was the last great Roman writer who understood Greek and his translations of Aristotle were long the only means of studying Greek philosophy. His manuals on arithmetic, astronomy, geometry and music were generally used in medieval schools. The following selection is intended to give you a brief "taste" of Boethius. With any luck, you will find yourself buried in the world of the

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