Encyclopedia - Epictetus: Encyclopedia - Epictetus
Epictetus (c.55–c.135) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was probably born at Hierapolis, Phrygia, and lived most of his life in Rome u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Epictetus: Encyclopedia Ii - Epictetus - Life
Epictetus spent his youth as a slave in Rome to Epaphroditos, a very wealthy freedman of Nero. Even as a slave, Epictetus used his time p...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Epictetus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Epictetus
Epictetus Greek Stoic philosopher, a freed slave who taught philosophy in Rome until 90 AD, when Domitian expelled all philosophers. H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 55: Encyclopedia - 55
55 - Events. Roman emperor Nero is also a Roman Consul. 55 - Births. Epictetus, Greek-Roman philosopher 55 - Deaths. Britannic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 135: Encyclopedia - 135
135 - Events. Epictetus writes the Enchiridion (approximate date) Last (4th) year of Yangjia era of the Chinese Han Dynasty The Diaspo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 101: Encyclopedia - 101
101 - Events. Roman emperor Trajan starts an expedition against Dacia. Battle of Tapae Epictetus writes and publishes The Discourse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arrian: Encyclopedia - Arrian
Lucius Flavius Arrianus Xenophon (c. 92-c. 175), known in English as Arrian, was a Greek historian and philosopher of the Roman period. A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Philosophy - Later Classical Philosophers
Cicero Zeno of Citium Epictetus Epicurus and Lucretius Sextus Empiricus ... See also:Greek philosophy, Greek philosophy - Pre-Socratic ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arrian: Encyclopedia Ii - Arrian - Arrian's Life
Arrian was born in Nicomedia (now Izmit), the capital of the Roman province of Bithynia, in what is now north-western Turkey. He studied ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poliziano: Encyclopedia Ii - Poliziano - Works And Influence
At the same time he was busy as a translator from the Greek. His versions of Epictetus, Hippocrates, Galen, Plutarch's Eroticus and Plato...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gateway To The Great Books: Encyclopedia Ii - Gateway To The Great Books - Authors
A number of authors in the Great Books set - such as Plutarch, Epictetus, Tacitus, Dante, Herman Melville, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jean Jacque...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aphorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Aphorism - Aphorism And Literature
Aphoristic collections, sometimes known as wisdom literature, have a prominent place in the canons of several ancient societies: E.g. the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stoicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Stoicism - Quotations
Collection of various Stoic quotes: Epictetus: “Wherever I go, it will be well with me.” "When I see a man in a state of anxiety, I ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aphorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Aphorism - Aphorism And Literature
Aphoristic collections, sometimes known as wisdom literature, have a prominent place in the canons of several ancient societies: E.g. the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stoicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Stoicism - Quotations
Collection of various Stoic quotes: Epictetus: “Wherever I go, it will be well with me.” "When I see a man in a state of anxiety, I ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greeks: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greeks - Philosophers
List of Greeks - Philosophers. List of Greeks - Ancient period. Anaximander, (609 BC/610 BC-c. 547 BC), philosopher Anaximenes of Mile...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greeks: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greeks - Philosophers
List of Greeks - Ancient period. Anaximander, (609/610–c.547 BCE) Anaximenes of Miletus Aristotle (384–322 BCE) Athenagoras of Ath...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poliziano: Encyclopedia - Poliziano
Angelo Ambrogini Poliziano (July 14, 1454 – September 24, 1494) was a Florentine classical scholar and poet, one of the revivers of Hum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - André Dacier: Encyclopedia - André Dacier
André Dacier (6 April 1651-18 September 1722), was a French classical scholar. He was born at Castres in upper Languedoc. His father, a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bithynia: Encyclopedia - Bithynia
Bithynia was an ancient province in the northwest of Asia Minor, adjoining the Propontis, the Thracian Bosporus and the Euxine (today Bla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cynic: Encyclopedia - Cynic
The Cynics were an influential school of ancient philosophers. They rejected the social values of their time, often flouting conventions ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stoicism: Encyclopedia - Stoicism
Stoicism is a school of philosophy founded (308 BC) in Athens by Zeno of Citium (Cyprus). It teaches self-control and detachment from dis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Philosophy: Encyclopedia - Ancient Philosophy
This page lists some links to ancient philosophy. In Europe, the spread of Christianity through the Roman world marked the end of Helleni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia - Theology
Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, "God", + λογος, logos, "word" or "reason"). It can also refer ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aphorism: Encyclopedia - Aphorism
Aphorism (From the Greek αφοριζειν, to define), literally a distinction or a definition (See the Online Etymology Dictionary ent...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clement Of Alexandria: Encyclopedia - Clement Of Alexandria
Clement of Alexandria (Titus Flavius Clemens), was the first member of the Church of Alexandria to be more than a name, and one of its mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leadership Character Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Leadership Character Model - Respect
Respect helps create a state of partnership and teamwork. People who demonstrate respect show unconditional high regard for others, ackno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cantos: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cantos - Lxxiv – Lxxxiv The Pisan Cantos
With the outbreak of war in 1939, Pound was in Italy, where he remained, despite a request for repatriation he made after Pearl Harbor. D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Stockdale: Encyclopedia Ii - James Stockdale - Naval And Academic Career
Stockdale was born in Abingdon, Illinois. During World War II, he attended the Naval Academy, where he graduated in 1946. Stockdale alway...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Western Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Western Philosophy - Brief Timeline
History of Western philosophy - Ancient philosophy. Philosophy is generally said to begin in the Greek cities of western Asia Minor (Io...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Philosophy - Pre-socratic Philosophers
The history of philosophy in the West begins with the Greeks, and particularly with a group of philosophers commonly called the pre-Socra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Philosophers: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philosophers - Notes
Note O: - For more information about this person's contribution to philosophy, see his/her entry in The Oxford Companion to Philosophy....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Philosophy - Historical Texts
List of publications in philosophy - Western philosophy. Plato, Charmides Plato, Lysis Plato, Laches Plato, Protagoras Plato, Euthyde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavery In Antiquity: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavery In Antiquity - Slavery In Greece
Some philosophers of antiquity defended slavery-douleia (the idea that not everyone should have voting rights and that some people shoul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greeks: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greeks - Explorers
List of Greeks - Ancient period. Colaeus of Samos (628 BCE) Herodotus of Halicarnassus (484?–420? BCE) Nearchus (360?–312 BCE) Pyt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - St. John's College U. S.: Encyclopedia Ii - St. John's College U. S. - History
St. John's College was chartered in 1784 and later began granting bachelor's degrees. The first act of the newly chartered school was the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Books Of The Western World: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Books Of The Western World - The Works
Published in 54 volumes, The Great Books of the Western World covers topics including fiction, history, poetry, natural science, mathemat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Currency: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Currency - The Role Of Coins
Another role that coins played in Roman society, although secondary to their economic role within Roman mercantilism, was their ability t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Literature - Classical And Pre-classical Antiquity
This period of Greek literature stretches the oldest surviving written works in the Greek language until the 4th century and the rise of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greeks: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greeks - Explorers
List of Greeks - Explorers. List of Greeks - Ancient period. Colaeus of Samos (628 B.C.) Herodotus of Halicarnassus (484?-420? BC) Nea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clement Of Alexandria: Encyclopedia Ii - Clement Of Alexandria - Literary Work
The trilogy into which Clement's principal remains are connected by their purpose and mode of treatment is composed of the Protrepticus (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arrian: Encyclopedia Ii - Arrian - Arrian's Work
Arrian is an important historian because his work on Alexander is the oldest surviving complete account of the Macedonian conqueror. Arri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Philosophy - Classical
Ancient philosophy - Greek. Pericles (495-429) Aspasia (469-406) Socrates(469-399) Euclid of Megara (450-380) Antisthenes (445-360) Ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - A Brief History Of Theologies
::Main article: History of theology Classical Greek theology (c.700 BC to 323 BC). Various forms of systematic and philosophical reflecti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aphorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Aphorism - Aphorism And Society
In a number of cultures, such as Samuel Johnson's England and tribal societies throughout the world, the ability to spontaneously produce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - Theology And Religions Other Than Christianity
In academic theological circles, there is some debate as to whether theology is an activity peculiar to the Christian religion. If so we ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aphorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Aphorism - Poetics Of The Aphorism
Some sociolinguists consider the aphorism a compressed poetic genre in itself. Aphorisms typically make extensive use of such devices as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Literature - Hellenistic Age
By 338 BC all of the Greek city-states except Sparta had been conquered by Philip II of Macedon. Philip's son Alexander the Great extende...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Currency: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Currency - Authority To Mint Coins
An important distinction that can be made between Roman coins and modern coins is that Roman coins had intrinsic value. While they contai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Currency: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Currency - Early Currency
Main article: Roman Republican coinage The first currency of Rome consisted of large irregular lumps of bronze known as aes rude, which w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cantos: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cantos - Lxxxv – Xcv Section: Rock-drill
Pound was flown from Pisa to Washington to face trial on a charge of treason in 1946. Found unfit to stand trial because of the state of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - Theology And The Academy
Theology has a significantly problematic relationship to Academia that is not shared by any other subject. Most universities founded befo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cantos: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cantos - Xcvi – Cix Thrones
Thrones was the second volume of cantos written while Pound was incarcerated in St. Elizabeth's. In the same 1962 interview, Pound said o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cantos: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cantos - Drafts And Fragments Of Cantos Cx - Cxvii
In 1958, Pound was declared incurably insane and permanently incapable of standing trial. Consequent on this, he was released from St Eli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cantos: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cantos - Legacy
Despite all the controversy surrounding both poem and poet, The Cantos has been influential in the development of English-language long p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aphorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Aphorism - Legal Aphorism
Aphorism used in law. You can't invent the wheel without bending the rules. -- Leonid Sukhorukov, /book "All About Everything"/ ... See...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greeks: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greeks - Military And Political Leaders
List of Greeks - Ancient period. Alcibiades (450–404 BCE), Athenian general and statesman Alexander the Great (356–323 BCE), King ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stoicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Stoicism - History
Stoicism first appeared in Athens in the Hellenistic period around 301 BC and was introduced by Zeno of Citium. He taught in the famous s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stoicism: Encyclopedia Ii - Stoicism - Stoic Ethics And Virtues
The ancient Stoics are often misunderstood because the terms they used meant different things in the past than they do today. The word st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - St. John's College U. S.: Encyclopedia Ii - St. John's College U. S. - Annapolis Campus
St. John's is located in the Historic Annapolis district, one block away from the Maryland State Capitol building. Its proximity to the U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - St. John's College U. S.: Encyclopedia Ii - St. John's College U. S. - Santa Fe Campus
St. John's is located at the foot of Monte Sol, on the eastern edge of Santa Fe. It was opened in 1964 due to the increase in qualified a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - St. John's College U. S.: Encyclopedia Ii - St. John's College U. S. - Criticism And Controversy
St. John's curriculum has drawn criticism and inspired controversy since its inception. It went far beyond the then-existing Columbia Uni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - St. John's College U. S.: Encyclopedia Ii - St. John's College U. S. - Curriculum Overview
The program involves: Four years of literature and philosophy in seminar Four years of mathematics Three years of laboratory science Two...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Slavery In Antiquity: Encyclopedia Ii - Slavery In Antiquity - Slavery In The Bible
See Sabbatical year, Onesimus, Bible-based advocacy of slavery, in addition to the details of the Book of Exodus. Slavery in antiquity -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greeks: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greeks - Writers
List of Greeks - Ancient period. Aeschylus (525–456 BCE), dramatist. Aesop (c.620–560 BCE), writer of fables Antimachus (c.400 BCE...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greeks: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greeks - Musicians
List of Greeks - Medieval period. Ioannis Koukouzelis (c.1280–c.1360), Byzantine secular music composer Master Lambadarios (Chrysafi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cantos: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cantos - Lxii – Lxxi The Adams Cantos
This section of the cantos is, for the most part, made up of fragmentary citations from the writings of John Adams. Pound's intentions ap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greeks: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greeks - Painters
List of Greeks - Ancient period. Polygnotus Apelles Aetion (4th century BCE) Zeuxis Parrhasius List of Greeks - Renaissance. El Gr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greeks: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greeks - Sculptors
List of Greeks - Ancient period. Agasias Pheidias Praxiteles List of Greeks - Modern period. Yannoulis Halepas (1851–1938), Cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greeks: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greeks - Scientists
List of Greeks - Ancient period. Archimedes (c.287–212 BCE), mathematician, natural philosopher Eratosthenes (276–194 BCE), mathem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - History Of The Term
The word "Theology" is derived from Hellenistic Greek, but its meaning has changed significantly through its use in the European Christia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cantos: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cantos - Xxxi – Xli Xi New Cantos
The first four cantos of this volume (Cantos XXXI - XXXVI) use extensive quotations from the letters and other writings of Thomas Jeffers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greeks: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greeks - Musicians
List of Greeks - Musicians. List of Greeks - Medieval period. Ioannis Koukouzelis c. 1280 - c.1360, Byzantine secular music composer M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greeks: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greeks - Military And Political Leaders
See also: List of Kings of Greece, List of Prime Ministers of Greece, List of Presidents of Greece Alexander Ypsilanti, (1792-1828), fre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greeks: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greeks - Painters
List of Greeks - Painters. List of Greeks - Ancient period. Polygnotus Apelles Aetion (4th century BC) Zeuxis Parrhasius List of Gree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greeks: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greeks - Sculptors
List of Greeks - Sculptors. List of Greeks - Ancient period. Agasias, Pheidias Praxiteles, List of Greeks - Modern period. Yannouli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greeks: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greeks - Writers
List of Greeks - Writers. List of Greeks - Ancient period. Aeschylus, (525-456 BC), dramatist. Aesop, (c. 620-560 BC), writer of Fable...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greeks: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greeks - Scientists
List of Greeks - Scientists. List of Greeks - Ancient period. Archimedes (circa 287 BC-212 BC), Mathematician, Natural philosopher Era...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aphorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Aphorism - Legal Aphorism
Aphorism used in law. You can't invent the wheel without bending the rules. -- Leonid Sukhorukov, /book "All About Everything"/ ... See...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Stockdale: Encyclopedia Ii - James Stockdale - Vice-presidential Candidacy
Stockdale came to know H. Ross Perot through Sybil Stockdale's work in establishing an organization to represent the families of Vietnam ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Philosophy - Plato And Aristotle
Aristotle, known as Aristoteles in most languages other than English (Aristotele in Italian), (384 BC - March 7, 322 BC) has, along with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Books Of The Western World: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Books Of The Western World - History
The project got its start at the University of Chicago. University president Robert Hutchins collaborated with Mortimer Adler to develop ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Philosophy - The Neo-platonists
Ammonius Saccas, Plotinus, Porphyry, Proclus, Iamblichus) Marcus Aurelius ... See also:Greek philosophy, Greek philosophy - Pre-Socrati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Philosophy - Schools Of Thought In The Hellenistic Period
In the Hellenistic period, the following schools developed: Cynicism Hedonism Eclecticism Neo-Platonism Skepticism Stoicism Epicureanism...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gateway To The Great Books: Encyclopedia Ii - Gateway To The Great Books - Index Reading Plans Criticism
The set included an index similar to the Great Books' Syntopicon, along with reading plans of increasing difficulty. Hutchins contributed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aphorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Aphorism - Aphorism And Society
In a number of cultures, such as Samuel Johnson's England and tribal societies throughout the world, the ability to spontaneously produce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aphorism: Encyclopedia Ii - Aphorism - Poetics Of The Aphorism
Some sociolinguists consider the aphorism a compressed poetic genre in itself. Aphorisms typically make extensive use of such devices as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cantos: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cantos - I – Xvi
Pound had been discussing the possibility of writing a long poem since around 1905, but work did not begin until sometime between 1912 an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cantos: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cantos - Structure
As it lacks any plot or definite ending, The Cantos can appear on first reading to be chaotic or structureless. One early critic, R.P. Bl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cantos: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cantos - Xvii – Xxx
Originally, Pound conceived of Cantos XVII - XXVII as a group that would follow the first volume by starting with the Renaissance and end...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Great Books Of The Western World: Encyclopedia Ii - Great Books Of The Western World - Second Edition
In 1990 a second edition of the Great Books of the Western World was published, this time with updated translations and six more volumes ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cantos: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cantos - Xlii – Li Fifth Decad Called Also Leopoldine Cantos
Cantos XLII, XLIII and XLIV move to the Sienese bank the Monte dei Paschi. Under the rule of the Arch Duke Pietro Leopoldo, this became a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cantos: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cantos - Controversy
The Cantos has always been a controversial work, initially so because of the experimental nature of the writing. The controversy has inte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - Theological Studies In Different Institutions
In Europe, the traditional places for the study of theology have been universities and seminaries. Typically the protestant state churche...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poliziano: Encyclopedia Ii - Poliziano - Adulthood And Teaching
Before he reached the age of thirty, Poliziano expounded the humanities with almost unexampled lustre even for that epoch of brilliant pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Publications In Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Publications In Philosophy - Twentieth-century Philosophy
Bertrand Russell, The Problems of Philosophy [ A ] G.E. Moore, "A Defence of Common Sense" [ A ] Edmund Gettier, "Is Justified True Bel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Philosophy - Classical Indian Philosophy
In classical times, these inquiries were systematized in six schools of philosophy. The questions asked were: What is the ontological na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Philosophy - Vedic Philosophy
In the east, Indian philosophy begins with the Vedas where questions related to laws of nature, the origin of the universe and the place ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theology: Encyclopedia Ii - Theology - Divisions Of Theology
Theology can be divided up in any number of ways. Many of these divisions have originated in the study of the Christian religion, althoug...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Cantos: Encyclopedia Ii - The Cantos - Lii – Lxi The China Cantos
These eleven cantos are based on the first eleven volumes of the twelve-volume Histoire generale de la Chine by Joseph-Anna-Marie de Moyr...   » Read the article