But these conditions would not at all be possible without giving credit to ancient Greek society. ... Individual perspective and the free exchange of ideas were better tolerated in the Greek culture. Though the Egyptians may have been well endowed with mathematical brilliance, engineering, and vast resources. ... The Greek social structure revolved around the marketplace, known as the agora. ... The Greeks were accustomed to debate and the discussion of important matters in their daily course of life. ...

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His achievements in the retrieval of Greek and Roman traditions, including rhetoric, and his attempts to follow classical style lead to the movement itself (Humanism: Italy" 2). ... He became the first pope to openly advocate humanism, and he recruited scholars to come to Rome and translate ancient Greek texts (Humanism: Italy" 4). ... Evident in this selection were the ideals of classical Greek society that were mirrored in Castiglione's work. His advice to the courtier during a time of arms was to seek deserved glory, honor, and excellence, a reverberation of the Greek value of arete. ...

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Many predominant modern philosophies in Western civilization are directly traceable to Zoroastrianism through (1) the Greek philosophers Plato, Aristotle, and Zeno, (2) the Roman Stoics, (3) the Manicheans and Saint Augustine of Hippo in the Third Century A.D., (4) the Albigensians of Southern France and Spain in the early Middle Ages, (5) the Italian scholastic philosopher Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century A.D., (6) the Jansenists of France in the 17th century, and (7) the Puritans in England and its American colonies during the 16th and 17th centuries. In fact, most of the antisexual an...

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As a Greek philosopher and a student of Plato, he investigated a variety of different topics, ranging from general issues like motion, causation, place and time, to systematic explorations and explanations of natural phenomena across different kinds of natural entities, as well as the study of poetry, theater, music, politics and government. ... Both Plato and Aristotle believe that there is never a chance happening, but an ultimate truth and mathematical explanation to everything. ...

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Mathematisation and cybernetization: Psychologists their concepts are increasingly issued in the form of mathematical and cybernetic models 7. ... Indeed, in Greek mythology there is the image of Psyche charming girl who embodies the spiritual life. ...

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