The American Minervan

Category: Early European Philosophy

  • Introduction to the Pre-Socratic Sages, Part II: All the Wise Sages

    Introduction to the Pre-Socratic Sages, Part II: All the Wise Sages

    INTRODUCTORY NOTE One of the reasons I have written this is to inspire us as world travelers, cosmopolitans, students, academics, teachers and so on. To begin, we must understand that if you sought to write a philosophical treatise or found a school (whether intentionally, directly or indirectly), how much the ideal of modern perfection and…

  • Introduction to the Pre-Socratic Sages Part I: The Traditional Seven Sages

    Introduction to the Pre-Socratic Sages Part I: The Traditional Seven Sages

    THE STANDARD TRADITIONAL SEVEN SAGES OF ANCIENT GREECE The Seven Sages (or Seven Wise Men) of ancient Greece were a group of renowned statesmen, lawgivers, and thinkers from the 7th–6th centuries BCE, celebrated for their practical wisdom and pithy maxims. Ancient sources vary on the exact list, but the most traditional and commonly accepted ones…