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MYTH Myths 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: Greek philosophers Cosmos of the Ancients: The book Aristotle - life and work Aristotle's Poetics Ideas and learning Life Energy Encyclopedia 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 by Stefan Stenudd. What the Greek philosophers thought about religion, cosmology, myth, and the gods. Get the book at Amazon. ![]() LIFE ENERGY ENCYCLOPEDIA by Stefan Stenudd. Qi, prana, spirit, and other life forces around the world explained and compared. Get the book at Amazon. ![]() MURDER by Stefan Stenudd. Thoughts on life, death, and the meaning of it all. Get the book at Amazon. ![]() QI Increase your life energy by Stefan Stenudd. The life energy qi (also chi or ki), with exercises on how to awaken, increase, and use it. Get the book at Amazon. |
Cosmos of the AncientsThe Greek Philosopherson Myth and Cosmology Antisthenes![]() Concerning the gods, ancient sources claim that he made a distinction between the god of nature and the multitude of gods worshiped by men. Cicero complains: Antisthenes also, in his book entitled The Natural Philosopher, says that while there are many gods of popular belief, there is one god in nature, so depriving divinity of all meaning or substance. This view would, of course, give Antisthenes ambiguous feelings about the myths of Homer and Hesiod, but contains no indication of any particularly allegorical interpretation of them. The passage in Xenophon's Symposium (3.5), regarding ‘underlying meanings' (hyponoiai) in Homer's texts, usually referred to, actually shows Socrates holding such views, whereas Antisthenes hardly seems to be familiar with the term. His interest in the myths remains ethical. Literature Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, translated by R. D. Hicks, volume II, Loeb, London 1950. Cicero, De natura deorum, 1.13.32, translated by H. Rackham, Loeb, London 1979. Rankin, H.D., Antisthenes Sokratikos, Amsterdam 1986. © 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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![]() Stefan Stenudd is a Swedish author and historian of ideas, who researches the thought patterns in creation myths. He has also written books about Chinese and Japanese traditions. TAOIST SOURCE The Taoist source. The complete Tao Te Ching and Chuang Tzu. More on this website: Aikido Aikibatto sword exercises Myth Greek Philosophers Aristotle and his Poetics The Taoist source Qi - life energy Fiction by Stenudd Art by Stenudd Astrology and horoscopes |