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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Greek philosophy"”.
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Early Greek Philosophy and the Discovery of Nature
… the idea of nature on the development of ancient Greek philosophy. The famous φύσις-νόμος debates of the fifth-century B.C. pit nature against custom as the ultimate guide to human life. Plato’s timeless theory of justice is grounded on a conception of nature dictating what is best. Aristotle …
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Nietzsche and classical greek philosophy: Essays on Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Heraclitus
… Plato culminates in four features of Plato’s philosophy: (1) his political philosophy, (2) his metaphysics and epistemology, and (3) his dramatic style. In Chapter III I argue that there are four areas of inquiry that help clarify Nietzsche’s ambivalence toward Aristotle: (1) philosophical …
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The Letter of James and Middle Platonism: Tracing Early Christian Engagements with Greek Philosophy
… letter should instead be understood in terms of Greek philosophical discourse. Through comparative analysis, it shows that the central concerns in the letter of James, including issues of theodicy, economics, and speech ethics, are developed using the ideas, language and logic of Greek …
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Early Christianity and Greek Philosophy: The Argument of Acts 17:16-34 in Light of the Philosophical and Religious Debates of Early Post-Hellenistic Times
… and condemnatory of, Gentile religiosity and philosophy. For both sides, however, the Christological conclusion of the speech has remained a puzzle, both in terms of its connection with the rest of the argument, and its accessibility to the Greek audience of Acts’ narrative. This dissertation …
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Faith seeking understanding : the relationship between noetic and pneumatic differentiation in Eric Voegelin's political philosophy.
This thesis is a study of the philosophy of Eric Voegelin with particular focus on the relationship between noetic differentiation (particularly Greek philosophy) and pneumatic differentiation (particularly Christianity). The thesis begins with an examination of the recovery of transcendence in …
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ΘΑΛΗΣ Ο ΜΙΛΗΣΙΟΣ-ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΠΑΡΑΔΟΣΗ ΩΣ ΤΗ ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗ ΕΡΕΥΝΑ
… THE PROBLEM WHICH AROSE IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY, SINCE IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THALES OF MILETUS IS NOT A PHILOSOPHER. THIS POSITION, WHICH WAS SUPPORTED MAINLY IN OUR CENTURY BYCERTAIN SCHOLARS, IS OPPOSED TO THE TRADITIONAL VIEW, ACCORDING TO WHICH THALES OF MILETUS IS REGARDED AS THE …
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Aristotle’s journey to Europe: A synthetic history of the role played by the Islamic Empire in the transmission of Western educational philosophy sources from the fall of Rome through the medieval period
… Rome, how did the work and words of the ancient Greek philosophers make their way, textually and intellectually, into later European thought? There were two primary and obvious paths that this Greek literature could have taken to reach medieval Europe after the split of the Roman Empire into east …
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The psychology of satire: Epicurean ethics in Horace's Sermones
This study examines the role of Greek philosophy, specifically the ethical doctrines of the Epicurean sect, in Horace’s satiric poetry. It endeavors to highlight the important influence of one of Horace’s contemporaries and neighbor in Italy, the Epicurean philosopher and poet Philodemus of Gadara. …
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Ο ΠΟΛΙΤΗΣ ΚΑΙ Ο ΠΑΡΑΓΩΓΟΣ
… THE FREE POLITICAL PRACTICE OF THAT TIME. THE PHILOSOPHY OF ARISTOTLE, THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF THUCIDIDES, THE PRESOCRATIC PHILOSOPHERS, THE TRAGICS, LYRICS AND COMIC POETS CONTRIBUTE IN THIS UNDERSTANDING. THE TREATISE CONTRIBUTE IN THIS UNDERSTANDING PROMOTING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GREEK …
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From Mitzvot to Agape.
… sect. The Pharisees ability to synchronize Greek philosophy and Jewish covenant theology, created a new identity for the Jewish people, emphasizing the <em>mitzvot</em> of love. The Pharisaic academy most revered for placing value on the <em>mitzvot</em> of love, was the School of Hillel the …
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Rediscovering ancient Egypt : an African perspective
… evidence, which suggest that most world-renowned Greek scholars studied under the feet of the Egyptian priest-scholars. The role of the 'Wisdon of the Egyptians' is discussed in comparison to other forms of wisdom, including Greek philosophy. Thirdly, this research provides us with new tools with …
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The Educational Philosophy of Clement of Alexandria in the Stromata
… role in the development of Christian educational philosophy in a non-Christian culture in the second-century Roman Empire. Born into a pagan society and educated in Greek philosophy prior to his conversion, Clement sought to explain the orthodox Christian relationship between philosophy and …
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Cures of the body and cures of the soul : from Hippocrates to the early Eastern Christian Fathers.
… due to the diverging interpretation of pagan Greek philosophy. Although the Greek philosophical tradition was all-pervasive for intellectuals in both sides, its various theories did accommodate the distinct interests of Hippocratic medicine and of Christian medicine. Hippocratism expressed …
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Play in the Roman imagination
… and uses ‘play’ to construct a tradition of Greek philosophy in the Roman past as well as to style himself as the teacher of a renewed upper class in his own imaginary school. Play is a concept that is at odds with the core tenets of the aristocratic value system in Rome and because of its …
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RECONCILING ISLAM AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE VIRTUOUS CITY: REREADING AL-FARABI'S AL-MADINAH AL-FADILAH WITHIN 10TH-CENTURY ISLAMIC THOUGHT
… between revelation and reason, religion and philosophy. In this work al-Fārābī demonstrates that both religion and philosophy are derived from, and dependent upon, divine revelation from Allah to the Prophet. Modern scholars of al-Fārābī interpret his work differently, reading him as an enemy …
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Sadra and Hegel on the Relationship between Essence/Existence and Subject/Object
… break with the metaphysical essentialism of both Greek philosophy and Arabic philosophy results in the moment of Absolute Existentialism. This moment is not explicitly mentioned by Hegel-- neither in the historical development of the Philosophical Idea in the Lectures on The History of Philosophy, …
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Combat-Activated Thymic Disorientation
… disorientation based on thymos, an ancient Greek anthropological concept. The “moral injury” paradigm has previously examined the relevance of thymos in contemporary veteran care, but has limited its consideration to Homeric material, and has also cross-interpreted the concept through modern …
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The theology of William Tyndale
… a biblically based theology uninfluenced by Greek philosophy. A covenant theology made between the Persons of the Trinity; it was unilateral for theFall was total, man was dead and until born again unable to respond to God's love.God the Father was to be a Father to those elected to life, the …
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An investigation into the astrological symbols present in two decorative paintings of José de Almada Negreiros (1893 – 1970).
… At the same time, Almada was also influenced by Greek philosophy, mythology and culture, particularly Plato’s ideas and definition of the four elements. The analyses of these paintings showed that Almada followed some medieval traditions: the mappa mundi and celestial maps in Planisfério and the …
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Thinking about Acting: The use of causal knowledge for the sake of intentional action in Heraclitus, Hippocratic On Regimen and Democritus
… in intentional action within the scope of early Greek philosophy and medicine. I investigate how knowledge influences both the intention behind an action and its successful delivery. Specifically, I look at the works of authors who discuss a particular type of knowledge that I refer to as …
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