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More Plutarch
Plutarch, bust from the museum of Delphi. LacusCurtius‘ Bill Thayer continues to add texts documenting Greek intellectual life. To start with, there’s Plutarch’s Consolation to Apoll… more →
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PLATO Myth of the Cave. The Republic
amsanchez wrote 1 month ago: The Republic By Plato Written 360 B.C.E Translated by Benjamin Jowett Book VII Socrates – GLAU … more →
How did Christianity become mixed with polytheistic beliefs?
xeniagreekmuslimah wrote 1 month ago: Praise be to Allaah. There can be no doubt that the call to believe in Allaah alone (Tawheed) and to … more →
The Word (John 1:1)
Vince Corcoran wrote 1 month ago: The purpose of a word is to communicate ideas from one person to another. Aside from a note that yo … more →
More Plutarch
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Jona Lendering wrote 2 months ago: Plutarch, bust from the museum of Delphi. LacusCurtius‘ Bill Thayer continues to add texts doc … more →
On Living Your Philosophy
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timsmartt wrote 2 months ago: Nowadays, if a philosopher finds he cannot answer the philosophical question ‘What is time? … more →
Plutarch, On the Control of Anger
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Jona Lendering wrote 2 months ago: Plutarch, bust from the museum of Delphi. Few additions to LacusCurtius‘ steadily growing coll … more →
Philosophy Word of the Day – Physicalism
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fleance7 wrote 2 months ago: Physicalism is the thesis that everything is physical, or as contemporary philosophers sometimes put … more →
I Know that I Know Nothing
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erickoch wrote 2 months ago: I am fortunate my watchmaker operates near a university because when I visit him there is a good cha … more →
Plato's Meno and Phaedo and the preexistence
symphonyofdissent wrote 2 months ago: I am currently taking a class entitled Innateness: The nature vs nurture controversy which is a pret … more →
On Talkativeness
Bill Thayer wrote 2 months ago: It’s bad. … more →
Why Christians Care About Art
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timsmartt wrote 2 months ago: Our aim is to prevent our guardians bring brought up among images of evil – as it were in a me … more →
Plutarch, for a friend
Bill Thayer wrote 3 months ago: A fictitious 16c portrait of Plutarch Another “request” item; this time, … more →
God is Spirit
timsmartt wrote 3 months ago: That God is spirit, generally, does not mean simply that his is not material but that he is able to … more →
HISTORY - Week 3: Ancient Greece
Charlotte Evans wrote 3 months ago: It’s obvious when we talk about Ancient Greece, we’re referring to a period in Greek his … more →
What’s a little sarcasm amongst friends?
Erik wrote 3 months ago: I have taken to reading a paragraph or two of Plato’s Symposium every morning – in Greek. The Greek … more →
Prosperity and Ethics
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timsmartt wrote 3 months ago: For the present let this be our fundamental basis: the life which is best for men, both separately, … more →
Plato: Myth and Logic
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Daniel Fincke wrote 3 months ago: New on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, an interesting article on Plato’s attempt to m … more →
Wittgenstein on Soul and Body
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timsmartt wrote 4 months ago: The human body is the best picture of the human soul. - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investiga … more →
Heaven and Earth # 5: Jewish Hope & Greek Ghosts
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joejames wrote 4 months ago: This week we defined what it was the Jewish people hoped for. We read where the Jews saw the “ … more →
