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5 days ago · Listen to Peter Adamson, a professor of philosophy, guide you through the history of philosophy from ancient to modern times. Explore the ideas, lives and contexts of major and lesser-known philosophers from different traditions and regions.
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154 - The Philosophy of History: Ibn Khaldūn. 155 - Matter...
- Thales
K. Algra, "The Beginnings of Cosmology," in A.A. Long, The...
- 87. Plotinus Life and Works
For the works of Plotinus the best English translations are...
- Plato's Timaeus
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300b Medieval Philosophy Today. Byzantine. Byzantine. 301....
- Jean Bodin
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4 days ago · Philosophy ( φιλοσοφία, 'love of wisdom', in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language. It is a rational and critical inquiry that reflects on its own methods and assumptions. Historically, many of the individual sciences ...
Mar 29, 2024 · Explore the history and branches of philosophy, from Eastern to Western traditions, with articles on major systems, schools, movements, and thinkers. Learn about the rational, abstract, and methodical consideration of reality and human existence.
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3 days ago · Aristotle wrote as many as 200 treatises and other works covering all areas of philosophy and science.Of those, none survives in finished form. The approximately 30 works through which his thought was conveyed to later centuries consist of lecture notes (by Aristotle or his students) and draft manuscripts edited by ancient scholars, notably Andronicus of Rhodes, the last head of the Lyceum ...
- What did Aristotle do?Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived and the first genuine scientist in history. He made pioneering contributions to all f...
- Where did Aristotle live?After his father died about 367 BCE, Aristotle journeyed to Athens, where he joined the Academy of Plato. He left the Academy upon Plato’s death ab...
- Who were Aristotle’s teachers and students?Aristotle’s most famous teacher was Plato (c. 428–c. 348 BCE), who himself had been a student of Socrates (c. 470–399 BCE). Socrates, Plato, and Ar...
- How did Aristotle influence subsequent philosophy and science?Aristotle’s thought was original, profound, wide-ranging, and systematic. It eventually became the intellectual framework of Western Scholasticism,...
4 days ago · t. e. Western philosophy refers to the philosophical thought and work of the Western world. Historically, the term refers to the philosophical thinking of Western culture, beginning with the ancient Greek philosophy of the pre-Socratics.
2 days ago · René Descartes ( / deɪˈkɑːrt / day-KART or UK: / ˈdeɪkɑːrt / DAY-kart; French: [ʁəne dekaʁt] ⓘ; Latinized:Renatus Cartesius; [note 3] [11] 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) [12] [13] [14] : 58 was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science.
Mar 29, 2024 · philosophy. Renaissance man. humanism, system of education and mode of inquiry that originated in northern Italy during the 13th and 14th centuries and later spread through continental Europe and England. The term is alternatively applied to a variety of Western beliefs, methods, and philosophies that place central emphasis on the human realm.
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