Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 - The Old Pagan Civilizations by John Lord
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Principles of the Stoical philosophy
Philosophy among the Romans Cicero Epictetus Authorities SOCRATES. GREEK PHILOSOPHY. Mission of Socrates Era of his birth; view of his times His personal appearance and peculiarities His lofty moral character His sarcasm and ridicule of opponents The Sophists Neglect of his family His friendship with distinguished people His philosophic method His questions and definitions His contempt of theories Imperfection of contemporaneous physical science The Ionian philosophers Socrates bases truth on consciousness Uncertainty of physical inquiries in his day Superiority of moral truth Happiness, Virtue, Knowledge,--the Socratic trinity The "daemon" of Socrates His idea of God and Immortality |
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