5+ hour, 7+ min ago  (255+ words) Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero's admiration for Greece is one of the most nuanced but revealing aspects of his intellectual and cultural identity, reflecting a balance between admiration and disagreement. The Roman philosopher and statesman visited Greece in 79 BC at…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (1052+ words) The philosophical dialogue, The Republic, was written by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato around 375 BCE. It describes his vision of an ideal and just society that would be ruled by philosopher-kings. Over two thousand years later, this work on political…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (545+ words) The Republic of Plato presents a thought experiment about a perfectly just man who faces a brutal fate that mirrors Jesus Christ's life. How Plato Foreshadowed the Fate of Jesus Christ If someone told you that an Ancient Greek philosopher…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago  (307+ words) One of the primary sources mentioning Seleucus's defense of heliocentrism is the Greek historian Plutarch. In his work "On the Face in the Moon's Orb" (De Facie in Orbe Lunae), Plutarch states: "Seleucus demonstrated the truth of the hypothesis of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (321+ words) Diogenes Laertius mentions that Plato disliked him so much that he wished to burn all of Democritus's books. Nevertheless, Democritus' ideas greatly influenced later philosophers, including the Greek philosopher Epicurus and the development of modern atomic theory. Democritus' atomic theory…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago  (293+ words) Our main source for the life and teachings of Theodorus the Atheist is the doxographer Diogenes Laertius, whose account preserves both his striking personality and his radical ideas. From this testimony, a coherent yet deeply unsettling philosophy emerges. Theodorus identified…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (380+ words) The late Ancient Greek philosopher Porphyry was a defender of Hellenistic paganism and promoter of veganism, causing ire among Christians that led them to burn his books. Porphyry of Tyre was one of the founders of Neoplatonism. Born around 234 (died…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (323+ words) When you picture ancient Greek philosophers, it's usually bearded guys like Plato or Socrates doing all the "hard work." But a woman named Arete of Cyrene played a crucial role in shaping ancient Greek philosophy, and has not received the…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (246+ words) Plato's philosophy profoundly shaped early Christianity by offering a powerful vision of eternity, causality, and the nature of being. It also provided Christian thinkers with the conceptual tools they needed to explain the co-eternity and unity of the Holy Trinity....

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1741+ words) Aristotle Onassis was one of the most famous Greeks in the entire world in the 20th century, a visionary who became one of the richest men in modern history. Unlike most of the world's tycoons, Aristotle Onassis was not born to…...