Greek philosophy

May 25, 2018

Philo of Alexandria

Welcome to this week’s Friday Philosophy post. Today we’re going to be looking at a Jewish thinker, Philo of Alexandria, who influenced later Christian thinkers with his unusual approach to the Scriptures. Continue reading

Philosophy

Ancient Greece, Christianity, faith, Greek philosophy, Judaism, Moses, Philo of Alexandria, religion, Scripture, Theology, Torah
May 18, 2018

Philosophy in Politics

Welcome to this week’s Friday Philosophy post! Today we move from Greece to Rome and look at the work of Marcus Tullius Cicero, who lived from 106-43 BC, only decades before the birth of Jesus. Continue reading

Philosophy, Political Philosophy

Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Cicero, Greek philosophy, Marcus Tullius Cicero, politics, Scepticism, Stoicism
May 11, 2018

A Radical Philosopher

In today’s Friday Philosophy post we’ll be taking a brief look at the ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes of Sinope. We’ll learn about his radical approach to philosophy – an approach which had a marked influence on the Cynics and Stoics who followed him. Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy

Christianity, Cynicism, Diogenes, Diogenes of Sinope, faith, Greek philosophy, Jesus Christ, religion, Stoicism, Theology
Apr 27, 2018

The Theory of Atoms

Welcome to this week’s Friday Philosophy post, in which we’ll be taking a brief look at one of the ancient Greek ‘atomist’ philosophers, a man named Democritus. We’re actually jumping back in time a little, as Democritus is a presocratic thinker, but it makes sense to group him in with the atomists, as he is Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy

atomists, atoms, Democritus, determinism, God, Greek philosophy, materialism, philosophers, science, Theology
Apr 13, 2018

Plato’s Realm of Forms

Following on from last week’s Friday Philosophy post about Socrates, this week we continue our series looking at the big ideas of influential philosophers with Plato. A student of Socrates and founder of what may have been the first school of philosophy, the Academy, Plato is perhaps the most influential Western philosopher of all time. Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy

Christianity, faith, God, Greek philosophy, metaphysics, Plato, realm of forms, realm of ideas, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Mar 30, 2018

Infinite Wisdom

Welcome to this week’s Friday Philosophy post! As promised, today we’ll be looking at another thinker from the Eleatic School of ancient Greek philosophy, a man named Zeno. This post naturally follows on from last Friday when we looked at the thought of Parmenides, as Zeno was a student of his. Who Was He? Zeno of Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy

dialectic, faith, God, Good Friday, Greek philosophy, infinity, religion, science, The Eleatic school, Theology, Zeno, Zeno of Elea

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My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
I’m a philosopher and author living in the United Kingdom. On this blog, I write about matters of philosophy and religion and share a variety of personal articles.

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Greek philosophy

Philo of Alexandria

Philosophy in Politics

A Radical Philosopher

The Theory of Atoms

Plato’s Realm of Forms

Infinite Wisdom

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