The Wisdom of the Ancients
The Wisdom of the Ancients

Author: Sir Francis Bacon

Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag

Published: 1691

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 3849691845

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Bacon published this interesting little work in 1609. It contains thirty-one fables abounding with a union of deep thought and poetic beauty. In most fables he explains the common but erroneous supposition that knowledge and the conformity of the will, knowing and acting, are convertible terms.

Platonism at the Origins of Modernity
Platonism at the Origins of Modernity

Author: Douglas Hedley

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-12-22

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1402064071

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This collection of essays offers an overview of the range and breadth of Platonic philosophy in the early modern period. It examines philosophers of Platonic tradition, such as Cusanus, Ficino, and Cudworth. The book also addresses the impact of Platonism on major philosophers of the period, especially Descartes, Leibniz, Locke, Shaftesbury and Berkeley.

Diodorus Siculus and the World of the Late Roman Republic
Diodorus Siculus and the World of the Late Roman Republic

Author: Charles Edward Muntz

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0190498722

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Sumario: Chapter 1 Diodorus, Quellenforschung, and Beyond - Chapter 2 Organizing the World Chapter - 3 The Origins of Civilization - Chapter 4 Mythical History - Chapter 5 The Deified Culture-bringers - Chapter 6 Kings, Kingship, and Rome - Chapter 7 The Roman Civil Wars and the Bibliotheke - Bibliography.