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Epicurus on sex, marriage, and children [PDF]

, 1996
Epicurus strongly discouraged sex, marriage, and the rearing of children. This paper looks at some of the primary evidence for these claims, clears up a translation of one passage, and emends another passage.
Brennan, Tad
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Vasallenherrscher und Klientelkönige zwischen Rom und Parthien [PDF]

, 2015
In diesem Beitrag werden Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen den parthischen Vasallenkönigreichen und den römischen Klientelstaaten analysiert. Aus der Perspektive der imperialen Peripherie werden sodann die Handlungsspielräume der Klientel- und
Hartmann, Udo
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Indian Rivers Seen by the Greeks of the Roman Imperial Period: from Geographical Precision to Exotic Dreams

Indialogs: Spanish Journal of India Studies, 2015
The image of Indian rivers given by Greek authors in the Roman imperial period depends on the literary genre they chose : specialists of geography and history like Strabo or Arrian wonder about the reliability of the observations formerly made by the ...
Claire Muckensturm Poulle
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Meetings with the ‘Naked Philosophers’ as a Case Study for the Greco-Indian Relations in the Time of Alexander [PDF]

Studia Hercynia, 2021
The meetings with Indian gymnosophists (γυμνοσοφισταί) or ‘naked philosophers’ are one of the most popular motifs from the stories of Alexander the Great.
Olga Kubica
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Tacitus, Stoic Exempla , And The Praecipuum Munus Annalium [PDF]

, 2008
Tacitus\u27 claim that history should inspire good deeds and deter bad ones (Annals 3.65) should be taken seriously: his exempla are supposed to help his readers think through their own moral difficulties.
Turpin, William
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Episcopal succession in Constantinople (381-450 C.E.): the local dynamics of power [PDF]

, 2010
Research on episcopal succession has tended to focus on the social background of bishops, the role played by individual charisma, and church canons governing elections. Such studies have identified regional differences, especially between the eastern and
Van Nuffelen, Peter
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Qaryat al‐Fāw/Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim: On the identity of the god Kahl

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 136-154, November 2024.
Abstract Qaryatum dhāt Kāhilim (‘the City of [the god] Kahl’) is the Ancient South Arabian name of the modern site of Qaryat al‐Fāw. This compound refers to the tutelary deity of the city, in this case, a god called Kahl. However, the identity of this Kahl is obscure.
Juan de Lara
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The Hypothesis of the Arsacids’ Descent from the Achaemenids: Myth or Reality?

Banber Arevelagitut'yan Instituti
In the 40s of the last century, J. Wolski proposed a thesis, still dominant in historiography, arguing that the story of Arrian which reached us thanks to his work “Parthica” that the Arsacid dynasty, the founder of Parthian state, descended from the ...
Arthur Melikyan
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Beyond gatekeeping: Philosophical sources, Indigenous philosophy, and the Huarochirí Manuscript

Metaphilosophy, Volume 55, Issue 3, Page 365-380, July 2024.
Abstract This paper argues for a broad definition of philosophical sources and how Indigenous traditional knowledge fits that definition. It concludes by showing how, following the previous two points, an Indigenous document such as the Huarochirí Manuscript can be considered a philosophical source by academic philosophers. The paper has three sections:
Jorge Sanchez‐Perez
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More in Defense of Weak Scientism [PDF]

, 2018
In my (2017a), I defend a view I call Weak Scientism, which is the view that knowledge produced by scientific disciplines is better than knowledge produced by non-scientific disciplines.
Mizrahi, Moti
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