the sophist
31Philo the Dialectician — Philo the Dialectician, was a philosopher of the Megarian school of philosophy who lived c. 300 BC.He was a disciple of Diodorus Cronus, and a friend of Zeno, though older than the latter, if the reading in Diogenes Laërtius [Diogenes Laërtius,… …
32Hercules at the crossroads — (c. 1596; Naples, Museo di Capodimonte) Cardinal Odoardo Farnese summoned Annibale Carracci to Rome from Bologna in c. 1595 to decorate his newly built Palazzo Farnese. Hercules at the Crossroads is the first major work Annibale carried out in …
33Antiphon der Sophist — Antiphon der Sophịst, griechischer Philosoph des 5. Jahrhunderts v. Chr., in der Tradition der eleatischen Schule. Außer mit kosmologischen und mathematischen Problemen beschäftigte sich Antiphon ausführlich mit politisch praktischen Fragen;… …
34Theaetetus (dialogue) — The Theætetus (Greek: Θεαίτητος) is one of Plato s dialogues concerning the nature of knowledge. The framing of the dialogue begins when Euclides tells his friend Terpsion that he wrote a book many years ago based on what Socrates told him of a… …
35Socratic problem — The Socratic problem results from the inability to determine what, in the writings of Plato, is an accurate portrayal of Socrates thought and what is the thought of Plato with Socrates as a literary device. Socrates, often credited with founding… …
36Trial of Socrates — The Death of Socrates, by Jacques Louis David (1787) …
37Greek Anthology — The Greek Anthology (also called Anthologia Graeca or, sometimes, the Palatine Anthology ) is a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the classical and Byzantine periods of Greek literature.While papyri containing fragments of… …
38Gymnasium (ancient Greece) — The gymnasium in ancient Greece functioned as a training facility for competitors in public games. It was also a place for socializing and engaging in intellectual pursuits. The name comes from the Greek term gymnos meaning naked. Athletes… …
39Eleatics — The Eleatics were a school of pre Socratic philosophers at Elea, a Greek colony in Campania, Italy. The group was founded in the early fifth century BCE by Parmenides. Other members of the school included Zeno of Elea and Melissus of Samos.… …
40Hebrew calendar — The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha luach ha ivri), or Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today predominantly for Jewish religious observances. It determines the dates for Jewish holidays and the appropriate public reading of Torah… …
