Greek Science

Né esclave, Épictète devint l'un des plus grands philosophes stoïciens, et ses préceptes sont toujours appliqués aujourd'hui. Nous lui devons le stoïcisme, doctrine pensée pour éviter toutes les souffrances inutiles. Il n'y a que sur nos propres actions et attitudes que nous pouvons agir ; comme ce n'est pas parce que l'on s'inquiète beaucoup que les choses s'améliorent, il convient donc d'accueillir tout événement avec calme et sans passion.

Platons Kratylos kann als Ausgangspunkt der europäischen Sprachphilosophie genommen werden, in dem in diesem Dialog die zwei grundsätzlich gegeneinanderstehenden Positionen des semantischen Naturalismus und des Konventionalismus ausführlich von Sokrates und seinen beiden Mitunterrednern Kratylos und Hermogenes diskutiert werden. Die zwei Grundfragen dieses Dialogs lauten: 1. Beruht Sprache auf gottgegebener Naturnotwendigkeit, wie Kratylos meint, oder schlicht auf Vereinbarung und Konvention zwischen den Menschen, was die Ansicht des Hermogenes ist? Und 2.

Descubre la esencia del Neoplatonismo: Aprende cómo las enseñanzas de Plotino transformaron la filosofía clásica y dieron forma a la espiritualidad occidental. Explora la búsqueda de la unidad: Adéntrate en el concepto del Uno y cómo conectar con lo divino para alcanzar la plenitud y la trascendencia.

When Athenians suffered the shame of having lost a war from their own greed and foolishness, around 404 BCE the public's blame was directed at Socrates, a man whose unique appearance and behavior, as well as his disapproval of the democracy, made him a ready target. Socrates was subsequently put on trial and sentenced to death. However, as René Girard has pointed out, no individual can be held responsible for a communal crisis.

Thomas Taylor was the first to translate the complete works of Plato into English and as such, a prominent Neoplatonist of his day. He wrote prolifically and his huge body of work has been influential on generations of writers and thinkers that followed him. Here he presents us with a concise summary of Platonic philosophy in the form of a creed. It is not intended to be heard as dogma, so much as it is a guide for students and thinkers alike.

Critias is one of Plato's late dialogues and contains the story of the mighty island kingdom Atlantis and its attempt to conquer Athens, which failed due to the ordered society of the Athenians. Critias is the second of a projected trilogy of dialogues, preceded by Timaeus and followed by Hermocrates. The latter was possibly never written, and Critias was left incomplete. This edition was translated by Benjamin Jowett in 1871.

When the body of supermodel Harmony Phelps turns up in Morgantown, WV, Detective Mark Faulkner and Assistant Medical Examiner Renee Forst are sent on a downward spiral of unreality.

Las Meditaciones, Pensamientos o A sí mismo del emperador romano Marco Aurelio es una obra literaria constituida por una serie de reflexiones de este filósofo, aparentemente fuera del tiempo y sin cronología. Fue originalmente redactada en griego entre los años 170 y 180. La obra, en doce tomos, es única en su género, y parece recorrer los últimos años de la vida interior de este emperador.

Die Göttin der vielen Gesichter Die Frühlingsgöttin Persephone will den Herrscher der Unterwelt und ihren Ehemann Hades verlassen. Sie gibt für ihre Freiheit sogar ihre göttliche Macht auf. Daraufhin stürzt Hades die Welten der Lebenden und der Toten ins Chaos. Erst in seiner Falle begreift Persephone, dass es neben Fügen oder Fliehen noch eine dritte Option gibt: Kämpfen.

Ich, die Gorgone Medusa, erzähle meine Geschichte. Götterfantasy aus der griechischen Sagenwelt. SERAPH 2023 in der Kategorie "Bestes Debüt"! "Ich bin ich selbst, und ich habe Macht. Die einzige, die ich mir jemals gewünscht habe. Die über meinen Körper." Köln, in der Gegenwart. Medusa lebt. Jahrtausendelang musste sie sich vor den Göttern und Menschen verstecken. Sie hat es satt, das Monster ihrer eigenen tragischen Geschichte zu sein, und wagt das Undenkbare.

Ten-year-old Kai is thrilled to be recruited for Poseidon’s Protectors. But when a sea monster threatens his island, Kai doubts he's the right person for the job. Delphi yearns to find where she belongs. But when you're terrified of water, and your only friend is a sea lion, fitting in is not so easy. Join Kai and Delphi as they work together to save Pineapple Cove! The Legend of Pineapple Cove: Complete Series Collection includes: Poseidon's Storm Blaster, A Mermaid's Promise, King of the Sea, and Protector's Pledge.

On her 11th birthday, Charlie receives a magic key to go back in time. But time travel isn't easy. Before she blows out her candles, Charlie rolls her wheelchair into Ancient Greece with her best friend Maria and her former best friend Trent. She's a Clockbreaker, stuck in a Greek myth, on an action-packed adventure with a mission: to save her father, and perhaps even save the world.

Everyone is searching for Mason. Zeus sent Hermes, and the Oracles have used their magic, with no success. A sparkle of hope arises when Eris, the goddess of Chaos, sends an invitation to her wedding engagement party. She’s holding Mason hostage, and Skylar and her friends only need permission to enter Eris’ world to rescue him. At the party, Eris gives them one condition: In exchange for Mason, they must travel to the Land of Reverse and bring back the bottle of gold water King Midas used to wash himself free of his gift.

My name is Kaidance Monroe, and sometimes when I touch people, I see how they die. After I saw my little brother's death but failed to stop it, my parents abandoned me to a juvenile detention facility. I don't let people touch me anymore. Not my fingertips, not my skin, not my heart. Just before I turned 18, I got a visit from a cute guy, who tricked me into giving up my secrets. He said I was special, but he wasn't the only one searching for me. I barely escaped with my life. Now I'm learning how to control my abilities - abilities so powerful, even the gods are jealous.

After escaping the Vault, a prison for gods, twin siblings Preeti and Vineet make a desperate journey to another world: The Abyss, also known as the human world. The Abyss is nothing like they imagined, and soon they find that they may like it more than the world of the gods, especially when relationships form with their human friends. Three years are all they have to hide from the Goddess of Law, a woman determined to either imprison or kill the twins and take their spot as rulers of the gods.

He wondered how best to cultivate qualities that make us better individuals within a society. Plato parlays this chaos into a recipe for living a good life, the building blocks of which are outlined in this book. Each of Plato's works is discussed, and important parallels to modern life are made with lessons you can draw from.

Secrets of Greek Mysticism is the first spiritual book about the Greek gods and goddesses written by a native, practicing priest of Hellenic Polytheism. It goes beyond the simplistic and archetypical representation of the Greek pantheon and reintroduces the gods and goddesses from a theological perspective. Rather than presenting the gods and goddesses as symbolic, lifeless figures one can use to embellish spiritual practice, Secrets of Greek Mysticism teaches listeners how to find each god or goddess within them.

Uno de los libros más celebrados de Séneca. Este es uno de los libros más celebrados de Séneca. Los sabios consejos dirigidos a su discípulo Lucilio tienen una validez que traspasa las fronteras del tiempo. Séneca nos habla sobre la conveniencia de una relación de equilibrio con la naturaleza, sobre la importancia de las cosas que hacemos a diario, cómo llevar una vida sana y honesta, qué es licito y qué no, lo que nos enriquece y nos empobrece, lo que es bueno y lo que es malo sin caer en el maniqueísmo, sobre la importancia y el cultivo de la amistad.

FEAT DESC

Platon war Sokrates' Schüler, und als solcher wohl sein größter Fan. Platon seinerseits war der Lehrer von Aristoteles und wohl einer der größten Geisteswissenschaftler aller Zeiten. In dieser Hörbuch-Box sind versammelt: 1. Die Apologie des Sokrates: Die Verteidigungsrede des Sokrates gegen seine Ankläger, die ihm unterstellten, er habe die Jugend verführt (Track 1 - 19, Spieldauer 90 Min.). 2. Phaidon: In Dialogform erörtern der zum Tode verurteilte Sokrates und seine Schüler die menschliche Seele (Track 20 - 80, Spieldauer 200 Min.). 3. Symposion - Das Gastmahl: Während eines Gelages huldigen die Anwesenden reihum dem Gott Eros.