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Founded by the philosopher Zeno of Citium, the Stoic philosophy was founded around 300 BC in Athens, Greece. The four tenets of this philosophy are wisdom, courage, temperance and justice.
John Passmore was born on 9 September 1914 in Manly, Sydney, where he grew up. [2] [3] He was educated at Sydney Boys High School. [4]He originally aspired to be a school teacher, but the terms of his employment required him to do coursework in philosophy, a discipline which was to absorb him.
The Middle English work is a translation, by Anthony Woodville, of a wisdom literature compendium written in Arabic by the medieval Arab scholar al-Mubashshir ibn Fatik, titled Mukhtār al-ḥikam wa-maḥāsin al-kalim (مختار الحكم ومحاسن الكلم) [1] which had been translated into several languages. Woodville based his ...
Ancient Greek philosophy began in Miletus with the pre-Socratic philosopher Thales [1] [2] and lasted through Late Antiquity. Some of the most famous and influential philosophers of all time were from the ancient Greek world, including Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. ↵Abbreviations used in this list: c. = circa; fl. = flourished
1 Lists of philosophers by subfield. 2 Lists of philosophers by language or nationality. ... This page was last edited on 8 April 2024, at 15:17 (UTC).
According to Philostratus, [1] Euphrates was a native of Tyre, and according to Stephanus of Byzantium, [2] of Epiphania in Syria; whereas Eunapius calls him an Egyptian.. At the time when Pliny the Younger served in Syria (c. 81 AD), he became acquainted with Euphrates, and seems to have formed an intimate friendship with him.
Arthur John Terence Dibben Wisdom (12 September 1904, in Leyton, Essex – 9 December 1993, in Cambridge), [1] usually cited as John Wisdom, was a leading British philosopher considered to be an ordinary language philosopher, a philosopher of mind and a metaphysician.
Philosophers (and others important in the history of philosophy), listed alphabetically: ... This page was last edited on 4 February 2025, at 13:11 (UTC).