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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 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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