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Brewer's: Xenocrates
A disciple of Plato, noted for his continence and contempt of wealth. (B.C. 396-314.) Warmed by such youthful beauty, the severe Xenocrates would not have more been chaste Orlando Furioso…Brewer's: Athenian Bee
Plato, a native of Athens, was so called because his words flowed with the sweetness of honey. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AthensAthenæum A B C D E…Brewer's: Bacchanalia
Festivals in honour of Bacchus, distinguished for their licentiousness and debauchery. Plato says he has seen the whole population of Athens drunk at these festivals. Source: Dictionary…Brewer's: Flowing Philosophers
The followers of Heraclitos, referred to by Plato as tous reontas (Theæ'tetus, 181 A). Heraclitos denied the permanency of everything in nature except change. Tennyson has a poem entitled…Brewer's: Hetærism
(3 syl.). Prostitution. The Greek hetaira (a concubine). According to Plato, “Meretrix, specioso nomine rem odiosam denolante.” (Plut. et Athen.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,…John Hall Wheelock: Earth
EarthJohn Hall WheelockGrasshopper, your fairy song And my poem alike belong To the dark and silent earth From which all poetry has birth; All we say and all we sing Is but as the murmuring…Brewer's: Body
(Anglo-Saxon, bodig.) A regular body, in geometry, means one of the five regular solids, called “Platonic” because first suggested by Plato. (See Platonic Bodies.) To body forth. To give…Brewer's: Stagirite
or Stagyrite (3 syl.). (Greek.) Aristotle, who was born at Stagira, in Macedon. Generally called Stagirite in English verse. In one rich soul Plato the Stagyrite, and Tully joined. Thomson…Brewer's: Truth
Pilate said, “What is truth?” This was the great question of the Platonists. Plato said we could know truth if we could sublimate our minds to their original purity. Arcesilaos said that…Brewer's: Socrates
The greatest of the ancient philosophers, whose chief aim was to amend the morals of his countrymen, the Athenians. Cicero said of him that “he brought down philosophy from the heavens to…Trending
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