Tag: "ancient philosophy"

Looking for Theophrastus by Laura Beatty

Chad Trainer hunts for a lost thinker.
[Issue 159: December 2023 / January 2024: Books]

What Have the Greeks Ever Done for Us?

by Rick Lewis
[Issue 151: August/September 2022: Editorial]

Of Clouds & Shadows

Heiner Thiessen on Eratosthenes, Ancient Greek scientist.
[Issue 151: August/September 2022: The Greeks]

The Best Doctor is Also a Philosopher

Peter Adamson on medicine in the ancient world.
[Issue 114: June/July 2016: Philosophy Then]

Eastern Promises

Peter Adamson spots some similarities between ancient Greek and ancient Indian philosophies.
[Issue 112: February/March 2016: Philosophy Then]

Step Out of My Sunlight!

by Anja Steinbauer
[Issue 104: September/October 2014: Editorial]

Philosophy’s Roots and Branches

Will Bouwman on how Thales, Anaximander, Pythagoras, Parmenides & Zeno established empiricism, maths & logic as dominant features of Western thinking.
[Issue 104: September/October 2014: The Other Greek Philosophers]

Democritus: Empirical Rationalist

Chris Christensen argues that two basic philosophical opposites were harmoniously united in the thought of Democritus (460-370 BC).
[Issue 104: September/October 2014: The Other Greek Philosophers]

Democritus’s Cone

by Sarah Adams
[Issue 104: September/October 2014: Poetry]

Ataraxia in the Age of Too Much Information

Eric Scheske considers the link between Pyrrho of Elis and internet culture.
[Issue 104: September/October 2014: The Other Greek Philosophers]