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- The term '''synthesis''' (from the ancient Greek ''σύνθεσις'' ''σύν'' "with" and ''θέσις'' "placing") is use *[[Philosophy]], the end result of a dialectic as in [[thesis, antithesis, synthesis]]2 KB (243 words) - 02:37, 13 December 2020
- ...ng [[Greek]] and [[Roman]] [[history]] and [[politics]], [[literature]], [[philosophy]], [[science]], and [[art]]. Shorter entries provide lucid factual accounts781 bytes (97 words) - 02:42, 13 December 2020
- ...and even by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_philosophy Greek philosophy]. In the long contest between the [[views]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.or ...pear in the same language. The [[renaissance]] of Judaism dates from the [[Greek]] [[translation]] of the [[Hebrew scriptures]]. This was a [[vital]] [[infl8 KB (1,228 words) - 23:02, 12 December 2020
- [[Greek]] ''didaktikos'', from ''didaskein'' to [[teach]] ...its [[origin]] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek Ancient Greek] word διδακτικός (''didaktikos''), "related to [[education]]/[[te2 KB (303 words) - 23:56, 12 December 2020
- '''Chaos''' (pronounced kayos) (derived from the Ancient Greek Χάος, ''Chaos'') typically refers to [[Random|unpredictability]], and i ...the word, the [[meaning]] of the word changed to "disorder". (The Ancient Greek for "disorder" is ''ταραχή'').2 KB (279 words) - 23:42, 12 December 2020
- ...nd Roman life and [[literature]], such as [[science]], social structure, [[philosophy]], and [[religion]], and contains comprehensive articles on central figures881 bytes (117 words) - 01:20, 13 December 2020
- '''Logic''' (from [[Ancient Greek|Classical Greek]] λόγος [[logos]]; meaning word, thought, idea, argument, account, rea Traditionally, logic is studied as a branch of [[philosophy]], one part of the classical [[Trivium (education)|trivium]], which consist23 members (0 subcategories, 0 files) - 00:12, 4 January 2008
- '''Axiology''' (from [[Greek]] ἀξιᾱ, axiā, "value, worth"; and -λογία, -logia) is the study ...s://www.jstor.org/pss/2105883 Samuel L. Hart. Axiology--Theory of Values]. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.1 KB (184 words) - 23:43, 12 December 2020
- ...dan was now [[earnestly]] [[engaged]] in the task of [[harmonizing]] his [[philosophy]] of life with [[Jesus]]' new religious [[teachings]], and he had come to [2 KB (269 words) - 23:03, 12 December 2020
- A '''phenomenon''' ([[Ancient Greek|Greek]]: φαινόμενo, pl. φαινόμενα'' is an observable event or, q In general, apart from its original use as a term in philosophy, ''phenomenon'' stands for any observable event. Some observable events ar3 KB (437 words) - 20:25, 25 July 2013
- ...[[emergence]]; [[Jesus]], at [[moral]] and [[spiritual]] emergence. The [[Greek]] taught [[intellectual]] [[liberalism]] leading to [[political]] [[freedom *1. 195:1.3 The [[Greek]] [[mind]] was willing to borrow new and [[good]] [[ideas]] even from the [7 KB (954 words) - 22:56, 12 December 2020
- '''Macrocosm and microcosm''' is an ancient [[Greek philosophy|Greek]] schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the [[cos ...3bc;ικρο- "Micro-", which are [[Greek language|Greek]] respectively for "large" and "small", and the word [[Cosmos|κǵ KB (790 words) - 01:23, 13 December 2020
- 195:2.1 The [[Romans]] bodily took over [[Greek]] [[culture]], putting [[representative]] [[government]] in the place of go ...thout a [[religion]] [[worthy]] of the name. Small [[wonder]] that their [[Greek]] [[teachers]] were able to persuade them to [[accept]] [https://en.wikiped6 KB (807 words) - 23:02, 12 December 2020
- [[Mimesis]] (Ancient [[Greek]]: μίμησις from μιμεîσθαι) is a [[critical]] and [[philosop [[Category: Philosophy]]1 KB (131 words) - 01:27, 13 December 2020
- ...about the 6th century BC. Antony Flew & Stephen Priest, ''A Dictionary of Philosophy''. Pan Macmillan, 2002. ISBN 0-330-48730-2., but it draws on an oracular [[ ...s ISBN 0-14-044348-7 both appeared around 600 BCE, about the time that the Greek [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre_Socratics pre-Socratics] were writing.5 KB (733 words) - 23:47, 12 December 2020
- ...espair. They sought for the solace of the [[soul]] in deep [[thinking]]— [[philosophy]] and [[metaphysics]]. They turned from the [[contemplation]] of [[self]]-[ ...Source." In so far as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_philosophy Greek philosophers] gave [[recognition]] to the [[divine]] and the [[Absonite|sup9 KB (1,274 words) - 23:39, 12 December 2020
- ...e [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empiric_school Empiric school] of ancient Greek medical practitioners, who [[rejected]] the [[doctrines]] of the ([https:// Empiricism in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_science philosophy of science] emphasizes [[evidence]], especially as discovered in [[experime3 KB (466 words) - 00:20, 13 December 2020
- [[Greek]] ''agnōstos'' [[unknown]], unknowable, from ''a''- + ''gnōstos'' known, ...[mystical]] [[knowledge]]. Early [[Christian]] church [[leaders]] used the Greek word ''gnosis'' (knowledge) to describe "[[spiritual]] [[knowledge]]." Agno3 KB (495 words) - 23:43, 12 December 2020
- ...iefs]] of the hordes of inferior [[slaves]] that had been brought to the [[Greek]] shores in increasing numbers. This adulteration produced a [[reversion]] ...]] the [[evolution]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology Greek family of gods and goddesses]. This new [[religion]] was partly based on th5 KB (788 words) - 23:35, 12 December 2020
- ..., a '''cosmos''' is an orderly or harmonious system. It originates from a Greek term κόσμος meaning "order, orderly arrangement, ornaments," and is t == Philosophy ==4 KB (673 words) - 23:40, 12 December 2020
