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Philosophy, History of Science, and Materialism
Research on Epicureanism, materialism, physicians, naturalists, and forgotten intellectual traditions.
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Apologia of Socrates (Xenophontes)
Russian (orig) and Ukrainian versions According to Xenophon’s version, Socrates allegedly behaved honorably and majestically at the trial, and he considered his best defense…
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A review of Xenophonte’s «Oeconomicus»
Russian and Ukrainian versions Considering the book called “Oeconomicus”, we will focus mainly on what interests us in terms of revealing Xenophon’s ethical-political and…
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The content of the tragedy “Alcestis” by Euripides
Russian and Ukrainian versions Despite the fact that female characters play major roles in most of Euripides’ plays, ancient comic poets (especially conservative ones…
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Pre-Philosophy: The Nine Lyricists
Russian and Ukrainian versions After the above-mentioned five semi-mythical characters and poets of the “Cyclic” — follows the epoch of the “sages” (which, by…
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Pythagoras and the Pythagorean brotherhood
Russian and Ukrainian versions The cycle “Ancient Philosophy: Formation of the Canon”: Introduction (Thales, Anaximander). First part (Pythagoras) — you are here. Second part…
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The formation of classical theology
Pre-Philosophy Cycle: The beginnings of philosophy in India and China. Eastern influence (Phoenician, Egyptian and Babylonian philosophy). Mythological stage (compressed mythology). Heroic stage (compressed…
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On frank criticism and anger
The title of this article was chosen for a reason; it is connected with such a scholar of the Epicurean school as Zeno of…
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Pre-philosophy: the influence of the East
History begins in the East The Greeks themselves believed that philosophy, as well as other varieties of high culture, came from the more ancient…
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The Philosophical School of Miletus
This article is a kind of bridge between the «Prephilosophy» series (the previous article in the cycle) and the «Formation of the Canon» series…
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From Frankenstein to The Last Man: Mary Shelley’s Humanistic Ideas
Mary Shelley’s work is a transitional phenomenon that contains specific features of English Romanticism, which are determined by the peculiarities of the socio-economic situation…
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Against Logic
Researchers of ancient culture widely know that in the Epicurean school of philosophy there is practically no «logic» section. It is replaced by a…
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On the Differences in Epicurean and Stoic Ethics
In the course of our ongoing polemic with the «Stoicism and Stoics» group, a crucial question was raised about the difference between philosophical systems…
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The scale of the catastrophe for ancient literature
Russian and Ukrainian versions The same applies to the comedy genre. Of the 40 works of the famous comedian Aristophanes only 11 plays (or…
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