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 | | Skepticism | | by Gregory Alter, Sep 15, 2008 | | Skepticism is a key tool in philosophy. Socrates used it to uncover untruths, false beliefs, opinion and speculation. It is an attitude of doubt or incredulity towards knowledge or assertions. It is closely connected with understanding the limitations of knowledge. | | Comments(1) Liked It: 1 |
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 | | Amazing Greek Mythological Creatures | | by eddiego65, Sep 15, 2008 | | Greek mythology has been read through the ages, yet it never loses its appeal. It possesses many elements that can make a blockbuster movie: action, comedy, romance and suspense. And most of all, the stories included many of most remarkable hybrid creatures that human imagination has ever conceived. | | Comments(11) Liked It: 8 |
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 | | Religions of Ancient Civilizations | | by Brav3ry3do, Sep 2, 2008 | | The religions of the ancient eastern and western civilizations have common ideas, but each has a different focus and approach on how they affect people’s lives. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 1 |
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 | | Alexander the Great and the Magic Golden Apples | | by balisunset, Aug 31, 2008 | | A new conqueror appeared, from Macedonia, just north of Greece. Alexander was not Greek but he loved Greek culture. His tutor was the philosopher Aristotle, who had been the student of Plato, who had been the student of Socrates. | | Comments(1) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Food in the Golden Age of Greece | | by balisunset, Aug 31, 2008 | | In the fifth century B.C., Athens and Sparta allied and defeated the Persian Empire in a series of wars. The peacetime that followed was the Golden Age of Greece. Athens grew to between 300,000 and 500,000 people and created the buildings, paintings, and sculptures that are the hallmarks of Greece and Western civilization, like the Parthenon, a hilltop temple with a forty-foot statue of Athena. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 1 |
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 | | The Food and Geography of Greece | | by balisunset, Aug 16, 2008 | | The geography of Greece strongly influenced its culture and cuisine. Greece is a rocky, mountainous country surrounded by the sea on three sides. Since only fifteen to twenty percent of the land was flat enough or fertile enough to farm, they couldn’t grow enough grain to feed themselves. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | The Greek Symposium | | by balisunset, Aug 16, 2008 | | The symposium was an elaborate ceremony that usually took place in a ruler’s dining hall or public building, often a temple. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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