Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Biography
Plato was born in Athens or Aegina in May or December in 428 BC or 427 BC. He was raised in a moderately well-to-do aristocratic family. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Biography
Plato was born in Athens or Aegina in May or December in 428 BC or 427 BC. He was raised in a moderately well-to-do aristocratic family. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Platonic Scholarship
Plato's thought is often compared with that of his most famous student, Aristotle, whose reputation during the Western Middle Ages so com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia - Plato
Plato (Greek: Πλάτων Plátōn) (ca. May 21? 427 BC – ca. 347 BC) was an immensely influential classical Greek philosopher, studen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia - Aristotle
Aristotle (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Aristotelēs 384 BC – March 7, 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, student of Plato and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Methodology
Aristotle defines philosophy in terms of essence, saying that philosophy is "the science of the universal essence of that which is actual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Methodology
Aristotle defines philosophy in terms of essence, saying that philosophy is "the science of the universal essence of that which is actual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Methodology
Aristotle defines philosophy in terms of essence, saying that philosophy is "the science of the universal essence of that which is actual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Epistemology
Aristotle - Logic. Main article: Aristotelian logic For more details on this topic, see Non-Aristotelian logic. Aristotle "says th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Critics
Aristotle has been criticised on several grounds. His analysis of procreation is frequently criticised on the grounds that it presuppose...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Critics
Aristotle has been criticised on several grounds. His analysis of procreation is frequently criticised on the grounds that it presuppose...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Epistemology
Aristotle - Logic. Main article: Aristotelian logic For more details on this topic, see Non-Aristotelian logic. Aristotle "says th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Critics
Aristotle has been criticised on several grounds. His analysis of procreation is frequently criticised on the grounds that it presuppose...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Epistemology
Aristotle - Logic. Main article: Aristotelian logic For more details on this topic, see Non-Aristotelian logic. Aristotle "says th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gorgias: Encyclopedia Ii - Gorgias - Critics
Plato is one of Gorgias’ greatest critics. Plato’s dislike for sophistic doctrines is well known, and it is in his eponymous dialogue...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tacitus - Biography
Tacitus's works contain a wealth of information about his world, but details on his own life are lacking. Even his praenomen (first name)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tacitus - Works
Five works ascribed to Tacitus have survived (or at least: large parts thereof). Years are approximate, and the last two (his "major" wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tacitus - The Sources Of Tacitus
Tacitus was able to consult the official sources of the Roman state: the acta senatus (the minutes of the session of the Senate) and the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tacitus - Literary Style
Tacitus's writings are known for their instantly deep-cutting and dense prose, seldom glossy, in contrast with the more placable style of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tacitus - Studies And Reception History
From Pliny the Younger's 7th Letter (to Tacitus), §33: Auguror nec me fallit augurium, historias tuas immortales futuras.   I p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Tacitus - Works
Five works ascribed to Tacitus have survived (or at least: large parts thereof). Years are approximate, and the last two (his "major" wor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacopo Mazzoni: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacopo Mazzoni - Influences
Some of Mazzoni’s influences are obvious, such as Plato and Aristotle. Mazzoni regularly makes direct reference to their works and draw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Biography
Aristotle - Early life and studies at the Academy. Aristotle was born at Stageira, a colony of Andros on the Macedonian peninsula of Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Metaphysics
Aristotle - Aristotle's four causes. Aristotle names four "causes" of things, but the word cause (Greek: αἰτἱα, aitia) is not us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Ethics
Although Aristotle wrote several works on ethics, the major one was the Nicomachean Ethics, which is considered one of Aristotle's greate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Bibliography
Note: Bekker numbers are often used to uniquely identify passages of Aristotle. They are identified below where available. Aristotle - M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Ethics
Although Aristotle wrote several works on ethics, the major one was the Nicomachean Ethics, which is considered one of Aristotle's greate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Bibliography
Note: Bekker numbers are often used to uniquely identify passages of Aristotle. They are identified below where available. Aristotle - M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Biography
Aristotle - Early life and studies at the Academy. Aristotle was born at Stageira, a colony of Andros on the Macedonian peninsula of Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Metaphysics
Aristotle - Aristotle's four causes. Aristotle names four "causes" of things, but the word cause (Greek: αἰτἱα, aitia) is not us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Ethics
Although Aristotle wrote several works on ethics, the major one was the Nicomachean Ethics, which is considered one of Aristotle's greate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - The Loss Of His Works
Though we know that Aristotle wrote many elegant treatises (Cicero described his literary style as "a river of gold"), the originals have...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Biography
Aristotle - Early life and studies at the Academy. Aristotle was born at Stageira, a colony of Andros on the Macedonian peninsula of Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Metaphysics
Aristotle - Aristotle's four causes. Aristotle names four "causes" of things, but the word cause (Greek: αἰτἱα, aitia) is not us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Bibliography
Note: Bekker numbers are often used to uniquely identify passages of Aristotle. They are identified below where available. Aristotle - M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frithjof Schuon: Encyclopedia Ii - Frithjof Schuon - God Is In The Center All Paths Lead To Him
The traditionalist or "perennialist" perspective began to be enunciated in the 1920s by the French philosopher Rene Guenon and, in the 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacopo Mazzoni: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacopo Mazzoni - Bibliography And Works Cited
Adams, Hazard. Critical Theory Since Plato. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc.: New York, 1971. Gilbert, Allan H. Literary Criticism: Plato ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philo: Encyclopedia Ii - Philo - Exegesis
The writings of Philo show resemblances to Plato, Aristotle, as well as from Attic orators and historians, and poetic phrases and allusio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philo: Encyclopedia Ii - Philo - Cosmology
Philo's conception of the matter out of which the world was created is similar to that of Plato and the Stoics. According to him, God doe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valentinius: Encyclopedia Ii - Valentinius - Theological System
Valentinus professed to have derived his ideas from Theodas or Theudas, a disciple of St. Paul, but his system is obviously an attempt to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Friedrich Schleiermacher: Encyclopedia Ii - Friedrich Schleiermacher - Ethics
Next to religion and theology it was to the moral world, of which, indeed, the phenomena of religion and theology were in his systems onl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iris Murdoch: Encyclopedia Ii - Iris Murdoch - Novels
Murdoch was strongly influenced by Plato, Freud and Sartre. Her novels are by turns intense and bizarre, filled with dark humor and unpre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marcel Proust: Encyclopedia Ii - Marcel Proust - Early Writing
Proust was involved in writing and publishing from an early age. In addition to the literary magazines with which he was associated, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jacopo Mazzoni: Encyclopedia Ii - Jacopo Mazzoni - Major Works
Though Mazzoni considered himself primarily a philosopher (Adams, 178), his major work of philosophy – an attempt to reconcile the theo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Lord Of The Rings: Encyclopedia Ii - The Lord Of The Rings - The Books
For character information see: List of Middle-earth characters The Lord of the Rings began as a personal exploration by Tolkien of his in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Lord Of The Rings: Encyclopedia Ii - The Lord Of The Rings - Adaptations
The Lord of the Rings - The Lord of the Rings on radio. The BBC produced a 13-part radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings in 1956, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Lord Of The Rings: Encyclopedia Ii - The Lord Of The Rings - Books And Volumes
The Lord of the Rings - Writing. Tolkien did not originally intend to write a sequel to The Hobbit, and instead wrote several other chi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Lord Of The Rings: Encyclopedia Ii - The Lord Of The Rings - Publication History
The three parts were first published by Allen & Unwin in 1954–1955 several months apart. They were later reissued many times by mul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Lord Of The Rings: Encyclopedia Ii - The Lord Of The Rings - Publication History
The three parts were first published by Allen & Unwin in 1954–1955 several months apart. They were later reissued many times by mul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Lord Of The Rings: Encyclopedia Ii - The Lord Of The Rings - The Books
For character information see: List of Middle-earth characters The Lord of the Rings began as a personal exploration by Tolkien of his in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Lord Of The Rings: Encyclopedia Ii - The Lord Of The Rings - Adaptations
The Lord of the Rings - The Lord of the Rings on radio. The BBC produced a 13-part radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings in 1956, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Lord Of The Rings: Encyclopedia Ii - The Lord Of The Rings - Synopsis
Although a major work in itself, The Lord of the Rings is merely the last movement of a larger mythological cycle which Tolkien called hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Lord Of The Rings: Encyclopedia Ii - The Lord Of The Rings - Books And Volumes
The Lord of the Rings - Writing. J.R.R. Tolkien did not originally intend to write a sequel to The Hobbit, and instead wrote several ot...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Plotinus: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Plotinus
Plotinus: Egyptian-born philosopher (205-270), one of the Western world's greatest known mystics, who extended and revived the work of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Bibliography
Plato's writings (most of them dialogues) have been published in several fashions; this has led to several conventions regarding the nami...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Work
Plato - Themes. Unlike Socrates, Plato wrote down his philosophical views, leaving behind a considerable number of manuscripts. In Plat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - The State
Plato's philosophical views had many societal implications, especially on the idea of an ideal state or government. There is some discrep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Metaphysics
Platonism has traditionally been interpreted as a form of metaphysical dualism, sometimes referred to as Platonic or Exaggerated Realism....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Platonic Scholarship
Plato's thought is often compared with that of his most famous student, Aristotle, whose reputation during the Western Middle Ages so com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Bibliography
Plato's writings (most of them dialogues) have been published in several fashions; this has led to several conventions regarding the nami...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Work
Plato - Themes. Unlike Socrates, Plato wrote down his philosophical views, leaving behind a considerable number of manuscripts. In Plat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - The State
Plato's philosophical views had many societal implications, especially on the idea of an ideal state or government. There is some discrep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Plato - Metaphysics
Platonism has traditionally been interpreted as a form of metaphysical dualism, sometimes referred to as Platonic or Exaggerated Realism....   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap V - A
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages V - A . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. &...   » Read the article