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 - 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 - 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 - Social Justice: Encyclopedia - Social Justice
Social Justice is a concept that has fascinated philosophers ever since Plato rebuked the young Sophist, Thrasymachus, for asserting that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Nehamas: Encyclopedia - Alexander Nehamas
Alexander Nehamas is a professor of philosophy at Princeton University. He works on Greek philosophy, aesthetics, and literary theory. He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apology Plato: Encyclopedia Ii - Apology Plato - The Charges Against Socrates
Socrates summarises the formal charges against him as follows: "Socrates is guilty of corrupting the minds of the young, and of believing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symposium Plato Dialogue: Encyclopedia Ii - Symposium Plato Dialogue - Summary
Symposium Plato dialogue - Start of the discussion. Due to the excesses of the previous night's drinking, it is decided that no one wil...   » 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 - Division Of Labour: Encyclopedia Ii - Division Of Labour - Plato
In Plato's Republic we are instructed that the origin of the state lies in that "natural" inequality of humanity that is embodied in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophy Of Education: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophy Of Education - The Democratic Tradition Of Educational Philosophy
Philosophy of education - Plato. Plato is the earliest important educational thinker. Education is, of course, a relatively minor part ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Laconophile: Encyclopedia Ii - Laconophile - Contrary Views
Laconophilia is a tendency, not an absolute. None of the contemporaries of the Lycurgan Constitution praised Sparta without reservations,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republicanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Republicanism - Anti-monarchial Republicanism
One meaning of republicanism is the opposition to monarchies. Republic comes from the Latin word res publica and one meaning of this term...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Republicanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Republicanism - Republicanism In Political Science
A different interpretation of republicanism is used among political scientists. To them a republic is the rule by many and by laws while ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conventional Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Conventional Warfare - History
Conventional warfare - Formation of the state. For more details on this topic, see State#Formation_of_the_state. The state was first ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eugenics: Encyclopedia Ii - Eugenics - History
Eugenics - Galton's theory. Selective breeding was suggested at least as far back as Plato, who believed human reproduction should be c...   » 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 - Analects Of Confucius: Encyclopedia Ii - Analects Of Confucius - History And Versions
The Analects is believed to have been written over a period of 30 to 50 years. Begun sometime during the Spring and Autumn Period, it was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Sciences: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Sciences - History
In ancient philosophy, there was no difference between the liberal arts of mathematics and the study of history, poetry or politics—onl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - French Science Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - French Science Fiction - History
As far back as the 17th century, space travel and aliens can be found in Cyrano de Bergerac's Comical History of the States and Empires o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aporia: Encyclopedia Ii - Aporia - Philosophy
In philosophy, an aporia is a philosophical puzzle or a seemingly insoluble impasse in an inquiry, often arising as a result of equally p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timaeus Dialogue: Encyclopedia Ii - Timaeus Dialogue - Preliminaries To The Main Discussion
The dialogue takes place the day after Socrates described his ideal state. In Plato's works such a discussion occurs in the Republic. Soc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Literary Criticism: Encyclopedia Ii - Literary Criticism - History Of Literary Criticism
Literary criticism - Classical and medieval criticism. Literary criticism has probably existed for as long as literature. Aristotle wro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Political Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Political Philosophy - History Of Political Philosophy
Political philosophy - The classical period. Political philosophy most broadly concerns the nature and forms of power; more specificall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Idea: Encyclopedia Ii - Idea - Ideas As Property
In some cases the manner in which certain ideas are expressed can be granted legal protection by the state as intellectual property. Inte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Contract: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Contract - History
Contract theory is certainly not new; in Plato's Republic (c.360 BCE) Glaucon suggests that justice is a 'pact' among rational egoists, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mathematics And God: Encyclopedia Ii - Mathematics And God - God As The Source Of Rational Order
Many mathematicians have expressed the view that God is in some way responsible for the rational order described so successfully by mathe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Misanthropy: Encyclopedia Ii - Misanthropy - Misanthropy In Philosophy
In Plato's Phaedo, Socrates states that "Misology and misanthropy arise from similar causes"1. He equates misanthropy with misology, hatr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human Nature: Encyclopedia Ii - Human Nature - Influential Views Of Human Nature
As a general rule, any -ism important enough to be both defended and attacked, probably states or implies a distinctive view about human ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sound Symbolism: Encyclopedia Ii - Sound Symbolism - Phenomimes And Psychomimes
In addition to the types of sound symbolism described above, some languages posses a category of words midway between onomatopoeia and us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Greece - History
Main Article: History of Greece. Greece - Prehistory and antiquity. The shores of Greece's Aegean Sea saw the emergence of the first ci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Greece - History
Main Article: History of Greece. Greece - Prehistory and antiquity. The shores of Greece's Aegean Sea saw the emergence of the first ci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophy Of Greek Pederasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophy Of Greek Pederasty - Ethical Critiques
Male relationships were represented in complex ways, some honorable and others dishonorable. But for the vast majority of ancient histori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Decline Of The West: Encyclopedia Ii - The Decline Of The West - Culture And Civilization
In a footnote, Spengler describes the essential core of his philosophical approach toward history, culture, and civilization: "Plato and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allan Bloom: Encyclopedia Ii - Allan Bloom - Early Life And Education
Allan Bloom was an only child born to social worker parents. Bloom's mother was particularly well educated and ambitious, earning her deg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allan Bloom: Encyclopedia Ii - Allan Bloom - Career Accomplishments
Bloom studied and taught abroad in Paris (1953-55) and Germany (1957). Upon returning to the United States he taught adult education stud...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allan Bloom: Encyclopedia Ii - Allan Bloom - Closing Of The American Mind
Bloom's Closing of the American Mind is a critique of the contemporary university and how Bloom sees it as failing its students. To a gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Levée En Masse: Encyclopedia Ii - Levée En Masse - Origins
In the polis envisioned in Plato's Laws, the militia would include the entire population, and women and children would drill alongside me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Atheism - History
Although the actual term atheism originated in 16th Century France, ideas that would be recognized as atheistic today existed even before...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Education Reform: Encyclopedia Ii - Education Reform - History
Education reform - Classical times. Plato believed that children would never learn unless they wanted to learn. In The Republic, he sai...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Timaeus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Timaeus
Timaeus (Greek) A dialogue of Plato in which the Pythagorean philosopher Timaeus gives an account of aspects of cosmogenesis and anthr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atlantide: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Atlantide
Atlantide (Ancient Greek) The ancestors of the Pharaohs and the forefathers of the Egyptians, according to some, and as the Esoteric S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atlantidae: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atlantidae
Atlantidae (Greek) Descendants of Atlantis; "The ancestors of the Pharaohs and the forefathers of the Egyptians, according to som...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manticism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Manticism
Manticism [from Greek mantis seer from mainomai to act ecstatically under a divine impulse]   A seer, one inspired with divine ec...   » 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

Dictionary - Wheat: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Wheat
Wheat Brought to earth by Lords of Wisdom from other spheres, as were all the grains, and indeed all plants and animals. Yet wheat is ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manticism, Mantic Frenzy: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Manticism, Mantic Frenzy
Manticism, or Mantic Frenzy. During this state was developed the gift of prophecy. The two words are nearly synonymous. One was as hon...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Associationism: Social Studies Dictionary - Associationism
Definition and meaning of Associationism   Associationism - [Psychology] The principals of associationism derived from the wri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Associationism: Social Studies Dictionary - Associationism
Definition and meaning of Associationism   Associationism - [Psychology] The principals of associationism derived from the wri...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Oracle: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Oracle
Oracle A divine saying, or the place or means by which a divine message is communicated. The soul, according to Plato, has a certain i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Betrayal Of The Mysteries: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Betrayal Of The Mysteries
Betrayal of the Mysteries Ancient writers affirm that the prime requisite of every candidate seeking entrance into the Mysteries was a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Theosophical Society: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Theosophical Society
Theosophical Society, The Founded in New York City on November 17, 1875 by H. P. Blavatsky, Colonel H. S. Olcott, William Q. Judge, an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Devachan: Mysticism Magick Dictionary On Devachan
DEVACHAN The Land where the Gods are reborn. Life's threshold, located between the manvataras and between earth-lives. The higher real...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sadhya: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sadhya
Sadhya (Sanskrit) [from the verbal root sadh to finish, complete, subdue, master]   To be fulfilled, completed, attained; to be m...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mysteries: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Mysteries
Mysteries, The [from Greek mysteria Mysteries from mystes one initiated into the Mysteries from mueo to initiate from muo to close the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Orphism, Orphic Mysteries: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Orphism, Orphic Mysteries
Orphism, Orphic Mysteries [from Greek orphikos]   Orphism originally taught of the Causeless Cause on which all speculation is im...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Logos: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Logos
Logos (Greek) plural logoi. Word; expressive cosmic intelligence manifested in every rational being. With Plato, that power of the min...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dynasties: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dynasties
Dynasties Among ancient peoples almost worldwide there have always been two types of dynastic government, the divine and the human. An...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Geological Eras: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Geological Eras
Geological Eras When H. P. Blavatsky was writing about the age of the earth in The Secret Doctrine she compared the teachings of the s...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 Viii - I
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages VIII - I . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word....   » Read the article