Carthage's Constitution: prototype of what the ancient Greeks and Romans called a "mixed constitution".
Aristotle
In his Politics, the Macedonian scientist and…
Democritus of Abdera (fifth century): Greek philosopher, founder of the atomic theory.
Democritus
The philosopher Parmenides of Elea had opposed "being" to…
Diogenes of Sinope (c.412-c.323): Greek sculptor, co-founder of the Cynical school.
Diogenes of Sinope
Diogenes of Sinope was a student of Antisthenes.…
Epictetus (c.50-c.125): Greek-Roman philosopher, belonging to the Stoic school.
A Roman, first quarter of the second century
Born in Phrygia, Epictetus became…
Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c.275-192): mathematician, geographer, astronomer, social theorist, historian, scholar, librarian in Alexandria.One of the students of the great poet Callimachus of Cyrene was Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c.275-192 BCE), who became librarian in the Museum, the scientific institute of…
Eschatology: the idea that history not only has a beginning, but also has an end (Greek: ἔσχατον).The idea that the world has a beginning, can be found in almost any ancient civilization. Only a genius like Aristotle could contemplate that…
Euclid (c.300 BCE): Greek mathematician, author of the Elements.
Twelfth-century manuscript of a seventh-century Armenian translation of Euclid's Elements
The great mathematician…
Plato (427-347): Athenian philosopher, student of Socrates, and one of the most influential thinkers of all ages.
Plato
The Athenian philosopher Plato is usually called a…