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Are there any books about postmodernism being like sophism?
I still find myself relatively often surprised by how much of the spectrum of philosophic thought was already covered at the times of ancient Greece or ancient China (think Axial Age or think ...
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Did Greek philosophers know about Eastern philosophies?
Were the philosophers of Ancient Greece aware of Eastern Philosophies, such as Zoroastrianism or Buddhism? Is there any mention of them, either directly, or similar concepts in existing writings?
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Evolution of Logos [closed]
I asked this question in linguistics but I don't know if you have a better idea
So this term has had a lot of impact religiously and philosophically, yet I still do not understand why logos as ...
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Morality of infanticide
The Spartans had a tradition of discarding infants that were physically weak or deformed. When I was younger, I thought this practice is cruel and absolutely immoral. But nowadays I'm not so sure. In ...
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What does sensible images being "not material but spatial" mean in Plato's theory?
I'm reading W. T. Jones' "A History of Western Philosophy Vol 1: The Classical Mind". In page 152 there is a passage that says (in explaining Plato's theory of Physics):
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Of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, who is generally considered the better philosopher?
Of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, who is generally considered the better philosopher? My apologies if too up for debate for any philosopher to have ever answered, as I can only find the answers of ...
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Did alchemy originate from the ancient Greeks?
Did alchemy originate from the ancient Greeks? I heard alchemy is based on ancient Greek philosophy. Is this true?
