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Roman-Era Rhodian Philosophers: Andronicus of Rhodes, Posidonius, Panaetius, Hecato of Rhodes 1st-Century Bc Philosophers: Lucretius, Andronicus of Rhodes, Posidonius, Nigidius Figulus, Philodemus, Antiochus of Ascalon, Catius, Jing Fang Ancient Rhodian Philosophers: Roman-Era Rhodian Philosophers, Andronicus of Rhodes, Posidonius, Panaetius, Eudemus of Rhodes, Hecato of Rhodes POSIDONIUS(13551? BCE): An entry from Gale's <i>Encyclopedia of Philosophy</i> by Ludwig Edelstein, 2006 POSIDONIUS [ADDENDUM]: An entry from Gale's <i>Encyclopedia of Philosophy</i> by Stephen White, 2006 1st-Century Bc Greek People: Andronicus of Rhodes, Diodorus Siculus, Posidonius, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Aenesidemus Ancient Rhodian Scientists: Hipparchus, Posidonius, Geminus, Dinocrates, Attalus of Rhodes

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61. CV
    With WW Fortenbaugh, Lyco of Troas and Hieronymus of rhodes Text, Translation, posidonius and FirstCentury Stoicism. Conference on Post-Hellenistic  
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62. A History Of Science Volume I - Part II
    posidonius, we may note in passing, was a contemporary and friend of Cicero star which barely rose above the southern horizon at rhodes as compared with  
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    Extractions: by Henry Smith Williams Terms Contents BOOK I Chapter I ... Chapter XI Part II Strabo the Geographer he earliest of these workers in point of time is Strabo. This most famous of ancient geographers was born in Amasia, Pontus, about 63 B.C., and lived to the year 24 A.D., living, therefore, in the age of Caesar and Augustus, during which the final transformation in the political position of the kingdom of Egypt was effected. The name of Strabo in a modified form has become popularized through a curious circumstance. The geographer, it appears, was afflicted with a peculiar squint of the eyes, hence the name strabismus, which the modern oculist applies to that particular infirmity. " 'Lifted up on the vast wave he quickly beheld afar.' Sailors as they approach their destination behold the shore continually raising itself to their view, and objects which had at first seemed low begin to lift themselves. Our gnomons, also, are, among other things, evidence of the revolution of the heavenly bodies, and common-sense at once shows us that if the depth of the earth were infinite such a revolution could not take place."[1] 1 (p. 258). The Geography of Strabo, translated by H. C. Hamilton and W. Falconer, 3 vols., London, 1857, Vol. I, pp. 19, 20.

63. ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY: The Ethical Period
    spend time in Athens studying again with the Epicureans and the Platonists,and continued his studies in rhodes with posidonius, the Stoic philosopher.  
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64. Philosophy At The University Of Edinburgh
    posidonius on the growing argument , in rhodes, Twenty Four Centuries, (AthensThe Academy of Athens, 1996) 113122. The nature of the good moral agent ,  
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    Extractions: Tel: +44 (0)131 650 3649 Fax: +44 (0)131 650 6539 scaltsas@ed.ac.uk Theodore Scaltsas (B.S. (Duke), M.A. (Brandeis), D.Phil. (Oxford)) joined the department in 1984, having previously he held a lectureship at New College, Oxford, 1980-84. In 1995 he was promoted to Reader, and in 1999 to a personal chair as Professor of Ancient Philosophy. He is the creator and director of Project Archelogos . He has held Research Fellowships at Harvard and Princeton Universities, and his publications are on ancient philosophy and contemporary metaphysics. His most recent book-length publication is An Argument Analysis of Aristotle's On Generation and Corruption Research Interests Ancient Philosophy and Contemporary Metaphysics, especially Parts and Wholes.

65. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Stoics And Stoic Philosophy
    and of posidonius, (13540) who transferred the school to rhodes, posidonius at once a savant, historian, geographer, mathematician, astronomer and  
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    Extractions: Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... S > Stoics amd Stoic Philosophy A B C D ... Z The Stoic School was founded in 322 B.C. by Zeno of Cittium and existed until the closing of the Athenian schools (A.D. 429), (it took the name from the Stoa poikile , the painted hall or colonnade in which the lectures were held.) Its history may be divided into three parts: (1) Ancient Stoicism Middle Stoicism New Stoicism (1) Ancient Stoicism (322-204) eimarmene, logos ); Zeus, or providence, the eternal principle of finality adapting all other things to the needs of rational beings; the law determining the natural rules that govern the society of men and of the gods; the artistic fire, the expression of the active force which produced the world one, perfect, and complete from the beginning, with which it will be reunited through the universal conflagration, following a regular and ever recurring cycle. The popular gods are different forms of this force, described allegorically in myths. This view of nature is the basis for the optimism of the Stoic moral system; confidence in the instinctive faculties, which, in the absence of a perfect knowledge of the world, ought to guide man's actions; and again, the infallible wisdom of the sage, which Chrysippus tries to establish by a dialectic derived from Aristotle and the Cynics. But this optimism requires them to solve the following problems: the origin of the passions and the vices; the conciliation of fate and liberty; the origin of evil in the world. On the last two subjects they propounded, all the arguments that were advanced later up to the time of Leibniz.

66. CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Eclecticism
    among the Stoics by Boethus, Panetius of rhodes, (about 180110 BC),posidonius (about 50 BC), and later on by the neo-Cynics, Demetrius and Demonax  
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    Extractions: Home Encyclopedia Summa Fathers ... E > Eclecticism A B C D ... Z (Gr. ek, legein ; Lat. eligere , to select) A philosophical term meaning either a tendency of mind in a thinker to conciliate the different views or positions taken in regard to problems, or a system in philosophy which seeks the solution of its fundamental problems by selecting and uniting what it regards as true in the various philosophical schools. In the first sense, eclecticism is a characteristic of all the great philosophers, with special development in some, such as Leibniz; an element of the integral method of philosophy more or less emphasized in the divers schools. The term eclectics , however, is properly applied to those who accept Eclecticism as the true and fundamental system of philosophy. It is with Eclecticism in this strict sense that we are dealing here. As a rule, in the history of philosophy, Eclecticism follows a period of scepticism. In presence of conflicting doctrines regarding nature, life, and God , the human mind despairs of attaining scientific and exact knowledge about these important subjects. Eclecticism then aims at constructing a system broad and vague enough to include, or not to exclude, the principles of the divers schools, though giving at times more importance to those of one school, and apparently sufficient to furnish a basis for the conduct of life. In the latter period of Greek philosophy, during the two centuries preceding the Christian Era and the three centuries following, Eclecticism is represented among the Epicureans by Asclepiades of Bithynia; among the Stoics by Boethus, Panetius of Rhodes, (about 180-110

67. The Practical Surveyor - Research
    posidonius, Egypt and rhodes, 100 BC, 4389.4. Abelseda, Arabia, 827, 3804.6.Albazen, Arabia, 1100, 3774.4. Fernal, France, 1528, 4006.9  
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    Extractions: In researching information related to The Practical Surveyor , the following institutions were helpful. In Mr. Wyld's book, he provides a first-order Taylor series expansion to approximate the effects of the Earth's curvature on level measurements. In this formula, the radius of the Earth is taken to be a value of 3992 miles. This is neither the modern value nor exactly any of the values that were calculated by geodecists that preceded Samuel Wyld. Although it is possible the Mr. Wyld produced this formula himself, I believe it to be more likely that he copied it from another source. I would like to locate the original source and the original radius measurement. In modern geodesy, the Earth is approximated as an oblate spheroid, also referred to as an ellipsoid. The WGS1984 ellipsoid uses an equatorial radius of 6378137 meters (3963.19 miles), and a polar radius of 6356752 meters (3949.90 miles). Historically, although the Earth was suspected of not being spherical, no measurements had yet been made with sufficient accuracy to verify in what way it varied from a sphere.

68. Blackwell Synergy - Cookie Absent
    posidonius, whose major astronomical works are lost, was in rhodes (see that posidonius probably the most brilliant mind behind the rhodes school  
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69. Literary Encyclopedia: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
    Cicero’s tour of Greece and Asia Minor (7977) included studies with Antiochusin Athens and in rhodes with the Stoic posidonius.  
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70. Eratho
    About a century later, posidonius copied this feat, using the star Canopus ashis light source and the cities of rhodes and Alexandria as his baseline.  
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    Extractions: ERATOSTHENES T he man who first measured the world, the Greek astronomer Eratosthenes (c. 276-196 B.C.), lived in Alexandria during the 3rd century B.C. He noticed that on the first day of summer in Syene (now Aswan), Egypt, the Sun appeared directly overhead at noon. At the same time in Alexandria, however, the Sun appeared slightly south (about 7 degrees) of the zenith. Knowing the distance between Syene and Alexandria and assuming that the Sun’s rays were parallel when they struck the curved Earth, he calculated the size of our planet using simple geometry. His result, about 25,000 miles for the circumference, proved remarkably accurate. Eratosthenes wasn’t the only Greek who tried to measure the Earth. About a century later, Posidonius copied this feat, using the star Canopus as his light source and the cities of Rhodes and Alexandria as his baseline. Although his technique was sound, he had the wrong value for the distance between Rhodes and Alexandria, so his circumference came out too small. Ptolemy recorded this smaller figure in his geography treatise, where it was seized upon by Renaissance explorers looking for a quicker way to the Indies. Had Ptolemy used Eratosthenes’ larger figure instead, Columbus might never have sailed west.

71. RHODES LA PETITE JERUSALEM
    Translate this page de deux grands intellectuels grecs, qui vécurent longtemps à rhodes posidonius,philosophe stoïcien, et le célèbre Apollonius, poète et grammairien.  
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72. Giocchino Jack Urso: The Antikythera Mechanism
    posidonius was from island of rhodes, where the Antikythera Mechanism is thoughtto originate. The technology behind the Antikythera Mechanism stems from  
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    Extractions: The Antikythera Mechanism: A Relic of Ancient Greek Science By Jack Urso In 1901 corroded bronze relics were found in a shipwreck discovered off the island of Antikythera near Greece. For years the significance of the find went unnoticed until 1959 when Dr. Derek De Solla Price of Yale University published a paper in Scientific American . At first the three pieces of corroded bronze seem unremarkable, except for a similarity to modern clockwork. As for its purpose, archeologists were as mystified as the sponge divers who first discovered it in the blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea. Through the corrosion Price could identify gears around a large main plate. At first sight it was thought to be some sort of astrolabe. Years of research, however, would reveal a far more complicated device. The Technology X-ray photographs revealed sliding circular plates marked with scales of measurement. Scientists have dated the construction of the mechanism to around 87 BCE and the shipwreck circa 76 BCE. Closer examination by Price revealed it to be a complicated mechanical device comprised of 32 gears, including a differential gear; technology thought not to have existed before 13th century Europe. The mechanism, as it originally appeared, was set in a wooden rectangular box slightly larger than an 8½ by 11-inch sheet of paper. A hinged cover protected the front and back of the device and a handle on the side turned the gearworks of the mechanism. Directions in Greek, now barely visible, were inscribed on every available surface.

73. Astrology And Religion Among The Greeks And Romans: Lecture III. The Disseminati
    The almost total loss of the works of posidonius prevents us from appreciating In his school at rhodes he had long been the master of the masters of the  
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    Extractions: Sacred Texts Sky Lore Classics Index ... Next p. 42 LECTURE III. The Dissemination in the West We have seen the "Pan-Babylonist" mist, which obscured the historical horizon, vanish before the breath of criticism. It is not the fact that thousands of years before our era the Chaldeans constructed a learned and profound cosmology, which established its authority over all surrounding peoples. But their share in the intellectual and religious development of antiquity remains none the less most considerable. They are the creators of chronology and astronomy. They contrived to enlarge their theology progressively in order to keep it in harmony with their new conception of the world, and their astrology was regarded as the method of divination par excellence . Their conquests in the realm of science won such prestige for their beliefs that they spread from the Far East to the Far West, and even now their sway has not been wholly overthrown. In mysterious ways they penetrated as far as India, China, and Indo-China, where divination by means of the stars is still practised at the present day, and reached perhaps even the primitive centres of American civilisation. In the opposite direction they spread to Syria, to Egypt, and over the whole Roman world, where their influence was to prevail up to the fall of paganism and lasted through the Middle Ages up to the dawn of modern times. It is this dissemination throughout the West that we shall rapidly describe in this lecture. The exchange of religious ideas between the two rival empires of the valleys of the Euphrates and the Nile undoubtedly goes back, like their political relations, to a very remote antiquity. In the fifteenth century before our era, at the moment whenas the Tell-el-Amarna tablets showBabylonian was the diplomatic language of the whole East, and

74. Scaltsas
    1996 posidonius on the Growing Argument , in rhodes, Twenty Four Centuries,published by the Academy of Athens (Athens), pp. 113122.  
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    Extractions: Email: Scaltsas@ed.ac.uk PUBLICATIONS Books Authored: Argument Analysis of Aristotle’s On Generation and Corruption , published by Project Archelogos, at: http://www.archelogos.com/ , 53k words. Substances and Universals in Aristotle’s Metaphysics , Cornell University Press; Ithaca and London; pp. 258; ISBN: 0-8014-3003-8. The Golden Age of Virtue: Aristotle’s Ethics , Alexandria Press, Athens; pp. 163; ISBN 960-221-073-7. (Academy of Athens Philosophical Award, 1988, and Seeger Research Fellowship at Princeton University, 1989.) Books Edited: (1) Forthcoming 2002: The Philosophy of Epictetus , published by the Pierides Foundation and the Municipality of Larnaca, Cyprus. (Co-edited with Andrew Mason; Contributors: K. Algra, J. Annas, J. Cooper, P. Crivelli, M. Erler, M. Frede, K. Ierodiakonou, A. Long, M. Dragona Monachou, M. Schofield, R. Sorabji.) Zeno of Citium , published by the Pierides Foundation and the Municipality of Larnaca, Cyprus. (Co-edited with Andrew Mason; Contributors: Algra, Brunschwig, Erler, Forschner, Hahm, Ierodiakonou, Kidd, Long, Mansfeld, Monachou, Rowe, Schofield, Sedley, Sorabji, Tieleman.)

75. POSIDONIUS - LoveToKnow Article On POSIDONIUS
    posidonius (c. 13050 BC), nicknamed the Athlete, Stoic philosopher, When hesettled as a teacher at rhodes (hence his surname the Rhodian ) his fame  
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    Extractions: POSIDONIUS See Zeller, Philosophic der Griechen, iii. I, 570584 (in Eng. trans., Eclecticism, 5670); C. Muller, - Fragnzenta historicorum graecoruln, iii. 245296; J. Bake, Posidonji Rhodji reliquiae (Leiden, 1810), a valuable monograph; R. Scheppig, Dc Posidonio rerum gentium terrarum scriptore (Berlin, 1869); R. Hirzel, Untersuchungen Ia Ciceros philosophischen Schriften, i. 191 seq., ii. 257 seq., 325 seq., 477535, 756789, iii. 342378 (Leipzig, 1877); Thiaucourt, Essai sur les traitis philosophigues de Cicron (Paris, 1885); Schmekel, Die Philosophic der mittlern Stoa (1892); Arnold, Untersuchungen ber Theophanes von Mytilene and Posidonius von Apamea (1882). (See also SToIcs,) POSIDIPPUS POSITIVE (or PORTABLE) ORGAN To properly cite this POSIDONIUS article in your work, copy the complete reference below: "POSIDONIUS." LoveToKnow 1911 Online Encyclopedia.

76. Biographie De Cicéron - Histoire Et Géographie
    Translate this page également par les doctrines artistotélicienne et stoïcienne), de Zénon et dePhèdre (épicuriens) à Athènes, et du savant stoïcien posidonius à rhodes.  
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77. Spinoza Et Nous - Philosophie De L'affirmation - Convergences Et Divergences Ave
    Translate this page Panétius – ou Panaitios – philosophe stoïcien grec de rhodes, posidonius –ou Posidonios – philosophe stoïcien grec installé à rhodes,  
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78. The Round Earth And Christopher Columbus
    Some writers reported that the Greek posidonius used the greatest height of the island of rhodes further north (near the southwestern tip of Turkey).  
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    Extractions: on Cape Canaveral. The method of labeling points on the surface of the Earth resembles the one used on the celestial sphere, except that where one measures "declination" and "right ascension" on the celestial sphere, those angles are called " latitude " and " longitude " on the globe of the Earth. "Zero longitude," from which all other values are measured, is the longitude of the Royal Astronomical Observatory in Greenwich, at the eastern edge of London, England. The observatory is now a museum and visitors there are shown a brass ribbon stretching across the yard, marking the line of zero longitude ("zero meridian"). Today it is well known that the Earth is a sphere, or very close to one (its equator bulges out a bit because of the Earth's rotation). When Christopher Columbus proposed to reach India by sailing west from Spain, he too knew that the Earth was round. India was the source of precious spices and other rare goods, but reaching it by sailing east was difficult, because Africa blocked the way. On a round globe, however, it should also be possible to reach India by sailing west, and this Columbus proposed to do (he wasn't the first one to suggest thissee below). Sometimes the claim is made that those who opposed Columbus thought the Earth was flat, but that wasn't the case at all. Even in ancient times sailors knew that the Earth was round and scientists not only suspected it was a sphere, but even estimated its size.

79. Bienvenue Sur Le Site De Bouquins
    Translate this page rhodes fut colonisée par des Grecs doriens qui fondèrent trois cités-États, et le lieu où son disciple posidonius établit une école de philosophie.  
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80. Cicéron
    rhodes, il suit ceux du stoïcien posidonius (Poseidoniosdans notre exposé sur le ) , ainsi que le rhéteur Molon.  
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    Extractions: les orateurs du temps b - MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Commentariolum petitionis Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino 2 - de la questure au consulat (75-63): Verines Pro Cluentio pro Murena Cum Senatui gratia egit, Cum Populo gratias egit De Oratore Pro Milone Brutus (De Finibus, Tusculanae Disputationes, De Senectute, en 45, De Officiis Philippiques le Prince

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