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21Fathers of the Church — • The word Father is used in the New Testament to mean a teacher of spiritual things, by whose means the soul of man is born again into the likeness of Christ: Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Fathers of the Church …
22Antioch on the Maeander — Antiochia on the Maeander also Antioch on the Maeander (Greek: Αντιόχεια του Μαίανδρου; Latin: Antiochia ad Mæandrum), earlier Pythopolis, was a city of ancient Caria, in Anatolia. The city was situated between the Maeander and Orsinus rivers… …
23Paradox of the Court — The Paradox of the Court, also known as the counterdilemma of Euathlus, is a very old problem in logic stemming from ancient Greece. It is said that the famous sophist Protagoras took on a pupil, Euathlus, on the understanding that the student… …
24Callistratus (sophist) — Callistratus, Greek sophist and rhetorician, probably flourished in the 3rd (or possibly 4th) century A.D. He wrote Ekphraseis (also known by the Latin title Statuarum descriptiones ), descriptions of fourteen works of art in stone or brass by… …
25Lycophron (Sophist) — Lycophron was a sophist of Ancient Greece. He is known for his statement (reproduced by Aristotle, in the latter s Politics, 1280b10), that law is only a convention, a surety to another of justice . This means that he treats law as a mere means,… …
26Abas (sophist) — Abas (Greek: Aβας) was an ancient Greek sophist and a rhetorician about whose life nothing is known. The Suda ascribes to him historical commentaries (in Greek ιστoρικά απoμνηατα) and a work on rhetoric (in Greek τέχνη ρητoρική). What Photius in… …
27Lykophron (Sophist) — Lykophron war ein griechischer Philosoph der ersten Hälfte des vierten Jahrhunderts v. Chr., der die Gleichheit aller Menschen vertrat und die Aufgabe des Staates darin sah, dass sich durch ihn die Menschen gegenseitig ihre Rechte garantieren.… …
28Great Books of the Western World — is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952 by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. to present the western canon in a single package of 54 volumes. The series is now in its second edition and contains 60 volumes. The list of… …
29Christian persecution of paganism after Theodosius I until the fall of the Roman Empire — Ivory diptych of a priestess of Ceres, still in fully classical style, ca 400: the idol was defaced and thrown in a well at Montier en Der (later an abbey) where it was found. (Musée de Cluny) Christian persecution of paganism after Theodosius I… …
30Socrates and the beginnings of moral philosophy — Hugh H.Benson INTRODUCTION Cicero in Tusculan Disputations famously tells us that Socrates first called philosophy down from the sky, set it in cities and even introduced it into homes, and compelled it to consider life and morals, good and evil …
