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ancient philosopher

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ancient
adjective
uk /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/ us /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
of or from a long time ago, having lasted for a very ...
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philosopher
noun[C]
uk /fɪˈlɒs.ə.fər/ us /fɪˈlɑː.sə.fɚ/
someone who studies or writes about the meaning ...
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Ancient philosophers used the term in different ways.
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Various other ancient philosophers also questioned the idea of an objective standard of morality.
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He claimed to have read during twenty-four years all the ancient philosophers, and that the more he read them the more he found them deviating from the truth.
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However, the theological works of medieval writers use the ideas and logical techniques of the ancient philosophers to address difficult theological questions, and points of doctrine.
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I would like to quote from an ancientphilosopher who was asked what was to be gained by telling an untruth.
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Every gloss closed with a quote from an ancientphilosopher.
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The argument he develops here is accordingly widely known as the function argument, and is among the most-discussed arguments made by any ancientphilosopher.
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The ancient philosophers did not believe that to be.
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The ancient philosophers considered our substance to consist of the elements, earth, air, fire and water.
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Indeed, the wisest ancient philosophers taught that the heavens themselves are composed of music and there is a harmony of the spheres.
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Other ancient philosophers approach the idea of viewing ones place in the ecosystem as well.
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Hegel attributes the change to the modern need to interact with the world, whereas ancient philosophers were self-contained, and medieval philosophers were monks.
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Rhetoric was viewed as a civic art by several of the ancient philosophers.
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To ancient philosophers, the question about the first chicken or egg also evoked the questions of how life and the universe in general began.
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Epicurus was one of the first ancient philosophers to view the role man plays in nature.
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Current experimental philosophers claim that the movement is actually a return to the methodology used by many ancient philosophers.
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Like the ancient philosophers, 17th century natural law philosophers defended slavery and an inferior status of women in law.
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But that doesn't necessarily mean that the ancient philosophers were doing "philosophy" when they did work that contributed to natural science.
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