The Philosopher and the Druids - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Philosopher and the Druids write by Philip Freeman. This book was released on 2006-03-01. The Philosopher and the Druids available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Early in the first century B.C. a Greek philosopher named Posidonius began an ambitious and dangerous journey into the little-known lands of the Celts. A man of great intellectual curiosity and considerable daring, Posidonius traveled from his home on the island of Rhodes to Rome, the capital of the expanding empire that had begun to dominate the Mediterranean. From there Posidonius planned to investigate for himself the mysterious Celts, reputed to be cannibals and savages. His journey would be one of the great adventures of the ancient world. Posidonius journeyed deep into the heart of the Celtic lands in Gaul. There he discovered that the Celts were not barbarians but a sophisticated people who studied the stars, composed beautiful poetry, and venerated a priestly caste known as the Druids. Celtic warriors painted their bodies, wore pants, and decapitated their foes. Posidonius was amazed at the Celtic women, who enjoyed greater freedoms than the women of Rome, and was astonished to discover that women could even become Druids. Posidonius returned home and wrote a book about his travels among the Celts, which became one of the most popular books of ancient times. His work influenced Julius Caesar, who would eventually conquer the people of Gaul and bring the Celts into the Roman Empire, ending forever their ancient way of life. Thanks to Posidonius, who could not have known that he was recording a way of life soon to disappear, we have an objective, eyewitness account of the lives and customs of the ancient Celts.
Posidonius
Posidonius - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Posidonius write by Posidonius. This book was released on 1989. Posidonius available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Posidonius
Posidonius - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Posidonius write by Posidonius. This book was released on 1989. Posidonius available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Aristotle, Plato and Pythagoreanism in the First Century BC
Aristotle, Plato and Pythagoreanism in the First Century BC - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Aristotle, Plato and Pythagoreanism in the First Century BC write by Malcolm Schofield. This book was released on 2013-01-17. Aristotle, Plato and Pythagoreanism in the First Century BC available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book presents an up-to-date overview of the main new directions taken by ancient philosophy in the first century BC, a period in which the dominance exercised in the Hellenistic age by Stoicism, Epicureanism and Academic Scepticism gave way to a more diverse and experimental philosophical scene. Its development has been much less well understood, but here a strong international team of leading scholars of the subject reconstruct key features of the changed environment. They examine afresh the evidence for some of the central Greek thinkers of the period, as well as illuminating Cicero's engagement with Plato both as translator and in his own philosophising. The intensity of renewed study of Aristotle's Categories and Plato's Timaeus is an especially striking outcome of their discussions. The volume will be indispensable for scholars and students interested in the history of Platonism and Aristotelianism.
The Emotions in Hellenistic Philosophy
The Emotions in Hellenistic Philosophy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Emotions in Hellenistic Philosophy write by J. Sihvola. This book was released on 2013-03-09. The Emotions in Hellenistic Philosophy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Discussions about the nature of the emotions in Hellenistic philosophy have aroused intense scholarly interest over the last few years. The topics covered by the essays in this volume range from the classical background of Hellenistic theories, through debates on emotion in the major Hellenistic schools, to discussions in later antiquity. Special emphasis is placed on the development of the Stoic views on the nature and value of the emotions. The essays are written with a high level of philosophical and classical scholarship, but contain no exclusive technicalities. Audience: This first comprehensive treatment of the emotions in Hellenistic philosophy can be read with pleasure and profit not only by professionals in ancient philosophy but also all those who are interested in the philosophy of mind and its history.
