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• Seven Sages of Greece — The Seven Sages (of Greece) or Seven Wise Men (Greek: οἱ ἑπτά σοφοί, hoi hepta sophoi; c. 620 BC ndash;550 BC) was the title given by ancient Greek tradition to seven early 6th century B.C. philosophers, statesmen and law givers who were renowned …   Wikipedia

• SEVEN SAGES OF GREECE —    Solon of Athens, his motto Know thyself ; Chilo of Sparta, his motto Consider the end ; Thales of Miletus, his motto Whoso hateth suretyship is sure ; Bias of Priene, his motto Most men are bad ; Cleobulus of Lindos, his motto Avoid extremes ; …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Seven Sages — The Seven Sages may refer to: * Saptarishi or Seven Sages of ancient India * Seven Sages of Greece * Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove in China * Seven Sages of Rome or Seven Wise Masters , a cycle of medieval stories …   Wikipedia

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• Polis and its culture (The) — The polis and its culture Robin Osborne INTRODUCTION ‘We love wisdom without becoming soft’, Thucydides has the Athenian politician Pericles claim, using the verb philosophein.1 Claims to, and respect for, wisdom in archaic Greece were by no… …   History of philosophy

• Aesop among the Jews — Aesop among the JewsIndia the Probable SourceResearch has shown an intimate relation between the fables associated with the name of Æsop and the jatakas , or birth stories of the Buddha. Sakyamuni is represented in the jatakas as recording the… …   Wikipedia

• 6th century BC — The 6th century BC started the first day of 600 BC and ended the last day of 501 BC.In India, Panini, sometime during this century [http://books.google.com/books?id=CKLxjjXqAsQC pg=PA39 lpg=PA39 dq=panini+BCE source=web ots=Gakie80Lfx… …   Wikipedia

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• 7th century BC — The 7th century BC started the first day of 700 BC and ended the last day of 601 BC.The Assyrian Empire continued to dominate the near east during this century, exercising formidable power over neighbors like Babylon and Egypt. In the last two… …   Wikipedia

• SOLON —    the great Athenian law giver, and one of the seven sages of GREECE (q.v.), born in Athens, was of royal degree, and kinsman of Pisistratus; began life as a trader, and in that capacity acquired a large experience of the world, and he soon… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• PERIANDER —    the tyrant of Corinth from 625 to 585 B.C., was one of the seven sages of Greece, and a patron of literature and the arts; Arion and Anacharsis lived at his Court …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia