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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 MelissusThat which was, was always and always will be. For if it had come into being, it necessarily follows that before it came into being, Nothing existed. If however Nothing existed, in no way could anything come into being out of nothing. By the same method of reasoning he concludes that the world is one, uniform and unlimited, cannot move and cannot change. Thereby, he would necessarily refuse to accept the cosmogony given in Hesiod, and a portrayal of gods mighty enough to cause genuine change to the world – to add things to it or take things away from it, to disturb its uniformity or set it in motion. With such limitations, there would not be much divine remaining for the gods, and indeed he makes no reference at all to them in his cosmology. Therefore, in stating that it is impossible to have any knowledge of the gods, Melissus may have masked a total disbelief in them behind this somewhat diplomatic thesis, very similar to what had been stated by Protagoras – of the same age as him – in the year 411 BC. There were limits to the tolerance of Greek society, and they could be dangerous indeed to exceed. Literature Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, translated by R. D. Hicks, volume II, Loeb, London 1950. Barnes, Jonathan, The Presocratic Philosophers, volume 1, London 1979. Freeman, Kathleen, Ancilla to The Pre-Socratic Philosophers, Oxford 1952. © 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 |