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  2. Deaths of philosophers - Wikipedia

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    322 BCE - Aristotle died of stomach disease. [5] 320 BCE – Ancient sources state that Nicocreon the tyrant had Anaxarchus pounded to death in a mortar with iron pestles; Anaxarchus is said to have made light of the punishment. 314 BCE – Xenocrates died when he hit his head after tripping over a bronze pot. 270 BCE – Epicurus died of ...

  3. Aristotle - Wikipedia

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    Aristotle did not do experiments in the modern sense. [95] He used the ancient Greek term pepeiramenoi to mean observations, or at most investigative procedures like dissection. [96] In Generation of Animals, he finds a fertilized hen's egg of a suitable stage and opens it to see the embryo's heart beating inside. [97] [98]

  4. Antipas of Pergamum - Wikipedia

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    According to Eastern Orthodox traditions, according to the Commentary on the Apocalypse of Andreas of Caesarea, it is believed that Saint Antipas was the Antipas referred to in Revelation 2:13, as the verse says: "I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful ...

  5. Lyceum (classical) - Wikipedia

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    In 322 BCE, Aristotle was forced to flee Athens with his family when the political leadership reacted against the Macedonians again and his previously published works supporting Macedonian rule left him a target. He passed on his Lyceum to Theophrastus and died later that year in Chalcis, near his hometown. [13]

  6. Death of Alexander the Great - Wikipedia

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    According to a Babylonian astronomical diary, Alexander died in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II in Babylon between the evening of 10 June and the evening of 11 June 323 BC, [1] at the age of 32. Macedonians and local residents wept at the news of the death, while Achaemenid subjects were forced to shave their heads. [2]

  7. What Really Happened When Maria Callas Visited Aristotle ...

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    Two years earlier, on Jan. 23, 1973, Onassis’ son Alexander died in a small plane accident at an airport in Athens, killing him at age 24. Onassis, she says, never recovered.

  8. Entering heaven alive - Wikipedia

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    In the Hebrew Bible, there are two figures – Enoch and Elijah – who are said to have entered heaven alive, but both wordings are subject of debate. Genesis 5:24 says "Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, for God took him," but it does not state whether he was alive or dead nor where God took him.

  9. Bible - Wikipedia

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    The Bible [a] is a collection of religious texts and scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, and partly in Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the BaháΚΌí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. The texts ...