Knowledge Reform » Ancient Philosophy

Knowledge Reform » Ancient Philosophy http://www.knowledgereform.com Inspirational Words of Wisdom, Knowledge & Philosophy Resource Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:16:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Wisdom Books: Discourses of Epictetus http://www.knowledgereform.com/2012/01/24/wisdom-books-discourses-of-epictetus/ http://www.knowledgereform.com/2012/01/24/wisdom-books-discourses-of-epictetus/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:49:21 +0000 Jason Cooper http://www.knowledgereform.com/?p=13116 Product Description Epictetus, a Greek stoic and freed slave, ran a thriving philosophy school in Nicropolis in the early second century AD. His animated discussions were celebrated for their rhetorical wizardry and were written down by Arrian, his most famous pupil. Together with the Enchiridion, a manual of his main ideas, and the fragments collected [...]

]]> http://www.knowledgereform.com/2012/01/24/wisdom-books-discourses-of-epictetus/feed/ 0 Wisdom Books: The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/12/29/wisdom-books-the-nicomachean-ethics-by-aristotle/ http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/12/29/wisdom-books-the-nicomachean-ethics-by-aristotle/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:14:56 +0000 Jason Cooper http://www.knowledgereform.com/?p=12877 In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle sets out to examine the nature of happiness. He argues that happiness consists in ‘activity of the soul in accordance with virtue’, for example with moral virtues, such as courage, generosity and justice, and intellectual virtues, such as knowledge, wisdom and insight. The Ethics also discusses the nature of practical [...]

]]> http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/12/29/wisdom-books-the-nicomachean-ethics-by-aristotle/feed/ 0 Wisdom Books: Corpus Hermeticum by Hermes Trismegistus http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/12/19/wisdom-books-corpus-hermeticum-by-hermes-trismegistus/ http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/12/19/wisdom-books-corpus-hermeticum-by-hermes-trismegistus/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:33:06 +0000 Jason Cooper http://www.knowledgereform.com/?p=12049 The Hermetica are a body of theological-philosophical texts written in late antiquity, but long believed to be much older. Their supposed author, Hermes Trismegistus, was thought to be a contemporary of Moses, and the Hermetic philosophy was regarded as an ancient theology, parallel to the received wisdom of the Bible. Excerpt from Corpus Hermeticum: The [...]

]]> http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/12/19/wisdom-books-corpus-hermeticum-by-hermes-trismegistus/feed/ 0 Wisdom Books: The Golden Verses of Pythagoras And Other Pythagorean Fragments http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/12/09/wisdom-books-the-golden-verses-of-pythagoras-and-other-pythagorean-fragments/ http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/12/09/wisdom-books-the-golden-verses-of-pythagoras-and-other-pythagorean-fragments/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:46:12 +0000 Jason Cooper http://www.knowledgereform.com/?p=12579 The ripe sayings of the Ancient Wisdom, as spoken again in the world of Greece–a world so much vaster than the area of the Greek peninsula–are somewhat fading from the minds born anew into the hurrying life of the twentieth-century West. But the West cannot afford to let them fade away, for more than ever [...]

]]> http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/12/09/wisdom-books-the-golden-verses-of-pythagoras-and-other-pythagorean-fragments/feed/ 0 Wisdom Books: Confucius and Socrates: Teaching Wisdom by Sanderson Beck http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/11/17/wisdom-books-confucius-and-socrates-teaching-wisdom-by-sanderson-beck/ http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/11/17/wisdom-books-confucius-and-socrates-teaching-wisdom-by-sanderson-beck/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:28:00 +0000 Jason Cooper http://www.knowledgereform.com/?p=12405 This detailed study of the lives and teachings of Confucius and Socrates compares how and what they taught in order to help others to become wiser. The appendix includes English translations of ancient texts describing their teaching in action. An excerpt taken from the introduction of the book Confucius and Socrates: Teaching Wisdom: Confucius and [...]

]]> http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/11/17/wisdom-books-confucius-and-socrates-teaching-wisdom-by-sanderson-beck/feed/ 0 Ancient Egyptian Wisdom: Egypt – Source of All Knowledge and Wisdom? http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/10/13/ancient-egyptian-wisdom-egypt-source-of-all-knowledge-and-wisdom/ http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/10/13/ancient-egyptian-wisdom-egypt-source-of-all-knowledge-and-wisdom/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:31:10 +0000 Jason Cooper http://www.knowledgereform.com/?p=11720 In a series of posts I will take you way back to some of the earliest Egyptian philosophers and sages in antiquity who imparted their writings (mostly in hieroglyphic form), maxims and quotes displaying their wisdom and virtues that have stood the test of time. First we will discover the wise maxims of Ptahhotep, sometimes [...]

]]> http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/10/13/ancient-egyptian-wisdom-egypt-source-of-all-knowledge-and-wisdom/feed/ 3 Book Review: Wisdom Bible by Sanderson Beck http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/09/24/book-review-wisdom-bible-by-sanderson-beck/ http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/09/24/book-review-wisdom-bible-by-sanderson-beck/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:31:02 +0000 Jason Cooper http://www.knowledgereform.com/?p=11712 Description: Wisdom Bible is a collection of the greatest spiritual and philosophical classics from ancient Daoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Platonism, Epicureanism, Stoicism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Whole texts are included, but only selections from the Qur’an. The four Gospels are synthesized into one narrative combining all the elements. About the Author: Sanderson Beck earned a [...]

]]> http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/09/24/book-review-wisdom-bible-by-sanderson-beck/feed/ 2 Wise, Witty and Humerous Parables of The Ancient Greek Philosophers http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/09/05/wise-witty-and-humerous-parables-of-the-ancient-greek-philosophers/ http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/09/05/wise-witty-and-humerous-parables-of-the-ancient-greek-philosophers/#comments Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:57:52 +0000 Jason Cooper http://www.knowledgereform.com/?p=11294 The following short parables of wisdom are from the Manly P. Hall lecture ‘Wisdom of the Greeks Can Help Solve Problems of Modern Society’, concerning the pervasive behavior which governs everyday life. These parables, which were once told about the great philosophers of ancient Greece, command a certain wit, humour and personality with, obviously, a [...]

]]> http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/09/05/wise-witty-and-humerous-parables-of-the-ancient-greek-philosophers/feed/ 2 Wisdom Books: Iamblichus’ Life of Pythagoras by Thomas Taylor http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/07/20/wisdom-books-iamblichus-life-of-pythagoras-by-thomas-taylor/ http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/07/20/wisdom-books-iamblichus-life-of-pythagoras-by-thomas-taylor/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:41:47 +0000 Jason Cooper http://www.knowledgereform.com/?p=10643 Authentic memoirs of the life of Pythagoras-the father of philosophy and the inventor of geometry-hold great interest for every lover of wisdom. Iamblichus’ biography is universally acknowledged as deriving from sources of the highest antiquity. Its classic translation by Thomas Taylor was first printed in 1818 and is once again brought to light in this [...]

]]> http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/07/20/wisdom-books-iamblichus-life-of-pythagoras-by-thomas-taylor/feed/ 0 Pythagoras: The Father of Philosophy http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/07/13/pythagoras-the-father-of-philosophy/ http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/07/13/pythagoras-the-father-of-philosophy/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:08:16 +0000 Jason Cooper http://www.knowledgereform.com/?p=10745 As much as I love Socrates (c. 469 BC–399 BC) (as attributed by the amount of posts here on the man) and his use of the dialectic method for discovering truth, I have been most guilty of bestowing upon him the grand title of being the “Father of Philosophy” (well, I think most historians have [...]

]]> http://www.knowledgereform.com/2011/07/13/pythagoras-the-father-of-philosophy/feed/ 0