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- 181: Marcus Aurelius
- ... official teacher of philosophy to Aurelius, and later went on to become Aurelius advisor after the need for a teacher for Aurelius had diminished. Also, such philosophers as Socrates, Epicurus, Plato, Aristotle, and Homer are quoted in Meditations a great many times. It does not seem as though Aurelius influenced a great many other people, or at least during his time ...
- 182: Thomas Jefferson'S Life: Tell It The Way It Is!
- ... turned to the pages of John Locke for the guidance to build a nation. Jefferson relied greatly on the writings of John Locke and the other great thinkers such as Plato and Aristotle. Even in the case of The Declaration of Independence he generally quotes John Locke. Locke said, "Life, liberty and the pursuit of personal property. Jefferson perfected that by ...
- 183: Tortilla Flat
- ... religion (Matthew Arnold). 6. According to Aristotle and Horace - literature can foster virtue. 7. Since the creators of fiction are teachers and artists, they can corrupt morals and undermine religion (Plato). STRENGTHS of the novel: WEAKNESSES of the novel: How the novel is framed, Steinbeck's self-consciousness, Uses of names and initials Ultimate terror of death lurks have meaning, at ...
- 184: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- ... that he built his reputation. Although many people respected Emerson's thoughts, many of them weren't original. Many of his views were inspired by the Puritan religion, readings from Plato and the Neoplatonists. The thing that made him different from most other writers is that his thoughts were phrased so well, probably from his poetic writing. Poets have a way ...
- 185: Euclid
- ... mathematicians. Very little is known about the life of Euclid. Both the dates and places of his birth and death are unknown. It is believed that he was educated at Plato's academy in Athens and stayed there until he was invited by Ptolemy I to teach at his newly founded university in Alexandria. There, Euclid founded the school of mathematics ...
- 186: The Apology Of Socrates: A Closer Examination
- ... of the charges against him but it was to no avail. Socrates was handed the verdict of death and shortly afterwards he drank a stout potion of hemlock and died. Plato, a disciple of Socrates, depicted this trial in the Apology of Socrates. This trial demonstrates Socrates at his best, using Socratic reasoning to argue the charges against him. While the ...
- 187: Aristotle and Kant
- ... the beginning of time. Moral, since ancient Greek and Roman times, has been looked upon as reason, happiness, virtue and more. Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher that studied under Plato. His beliefs were highly respected, especially those on ethics. Aristotles view on morality was one based mostly on fulfilling one’s function and happiness. Aristotle claimed that if one fulfilled ...
- 188: The Muses Of Greek Mythology
- ... Sphinx who learned her riddle from the Muses, Aristaeus, who learned the arts of healing and prophecy from them, and Echo, who was taught by them to play music. In Plato's Phaedrus 259c, Socrates says that locusts were men before the birth of the Muses. When the Muses were born, some men were so overcome with delight that they sang ...
- 189: The Snow Leopard
- ... sudden discovery of one s own transparence. (172) This feeling begs you to return again and again, to be lost in its poisoning experience. It seems somehow familiar. To paraphrase Plato, maybe many lives ago when we followed the gods and stood upon the back of the universe this sensation, euphoria, was present. Our memory recalls this awareness and longs to ...
- 190: The Life and Rule of Cleopatra
- ... Caesar before him, he was enthralled. Forgetting all of his priorities, he accompanied her to Alexandria and spent the winter there with her. the Greek playwright Plutarch wrote of Cleopatra, “ Plato admits four types of flattery, but she had a thousand. Were Anthony serious to mirth, she had at any moment some new delight or charm to meet his wishes; at ...
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