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MYTH Myth of Creation The Logics of Myth Psychoanalysis of Myth Genesis 1: The first creation of the Bible Enuma Elish: Babylonian Creation Cosmos of the Ancients Aristotle - life and work Aristotle's Poetics Ideas and learning The Taoist source About the writer ANCIENT GREECE Introduction Thales Anaximander Anaximenes Pherecydes of Syros Pythagoras Xenophanes Theagenes Hecataeus Heraclitus Pindar Parmenides Anaxagoras Empedocles Herodotus Gorgias Melissus Protagoras Euripides Prodicus of Ceos Leucippus Democritus Critias Antisthenes Diagoras of Melos Plato Aristotle Epicurus Euhemerus Table of the Greek Philosophers Literature Aristotle - life and work Aristotle's Poetics  COSMOS OF THE ANCIENTS The Greek philosophers' theories about the gods, the myths, and cosmology. More about the book here.  MURDER Thoughts on life, death, and the meaning of it all - by Stefan Stenudd. More about the book here.  ALL'S END A science fiction novel by Stefan Stenudd, about the quest for a perfect world. More about the book here.  QI Increase your life energy The book about the life energy qi, with exercises on how to awaken and use it. More about the book here.  AIKIDO The Peaceful Martial Art The book about aikido principles, philosophy and basic concepts. More about the book here.  AIKIBATTO The book about the aikibatto sword and staff exercises, practical and spiritual aspects of the sword arts, equipment for training, etc. More about the book here. |
Cosmos of the AncientsThe Greek Philosopherson Myth and Cosmology Anaximenes
naximenes (flourished circa 546 BC), the pupil of Anaximander, specified the boundless to have the element air, being that substance of which all is really made, also the gods and all things divine. He regarded air as this all encompassing ether, because: "Air is near to the incorporeal" and also it is never exhausted, though all are generated by breathing it. When the air is uniform it is not visible, but when set in motion, when turning hot or cold, when moistened, it gets perceivable shapes. It is always moving and changing, or there would not be so many things forming in it. When dissolved, it becomes fire, when compressed water, and when further condensed earth, lastly stone, its most condensed form. The soul, too, is air, and that which keeps the body intact. Aëtios quotes him stating: As our soul, which is air, holds us together, so do breath and air surround the whole universe. Like the cosmos of Anaximander, that of his student is in little need of the gods. The universe works by its own machinery, creating and upholding everything within it – including the gods. This is an astronomical order in no need of outward influence. Literature Freeman, Kathleen, Ancilla to The Pre-Socratic Philosophers, Oxford 1952. Kahn, Charles H., Anaximander and the Origins of Greek Cosmology, New York 1960. © Stefan Stenudd 2000How to get the book An edited and extended version of the texts on this website was published in 2007. If you want to buy the book, you can do so at most international web based bookstores, such as Amazon and the like. Here are links to the book on Amazon US and Amazon UK. Use the latter if you are European - then you get the book cheaper and quicker. Otherwise, you may want to buy it at Amazon US.
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