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(Encyclopedia) GorgiasGorgiasgôrˈjēəs [key], c.485–c.380 b.c., Greek Sophist. From his native city, Leontini, Sicily, he was sent as an ambassador to Athens, where he settled to teach and practice…Leontini
(Encyclopedia) LeontiniLeontinilēəntīˈnī [key], ancient city, E Sicily, c.20 mi (32 km) S of Catania. It was (729 b.c.) a colony of Chalcidians from the island of Naxos and passed (5th cent. b.c.)…Sophists
(Encyclopedia) SophistsSophistssŏfˈĭsts [key], originally, itinerant teachers in Greece (5th cent. b.c.) who provided education through lectures and in return received fees from their audiences. The…Emmaus, in the Bible
(Encyclopedia) EmmausEmmausĕmāˈəs [key], in the Bible. 1 Place, outside Jerusalem, where Cleopas and another disciple met the risen Christ. 2 Place, where Judas Maccabeus defeated Gorgias. It is now…Timoleon
(Encyclopedia) TimoleonTimoleontĭmōˈlēən [key], d. after 337 b.c., Greek statesman and general, noted as the scourge of tyrants. A Corinthian, he went (344) with a small army to Syracuse in answer to…skepticism
(Encyclopedia) skepticismskepticismskĕpˈtĭsĭzəm [key] [Gr.,=to reflect], philosophic position holding that the possibility of knowledge is limited either because of the limitations of the mind or…2 Maccabees: 12
2 Maccabees Chapter 12 1 When these covenants were made, Lysias went unto the king, and the Jews were about their husbandry. 2 But of the governours of several places, Timotheus…1 Maccabees: 4
1 Maccabees Chapter 4 1 Then took Gorgias five thousand footmen, and a thousand of the best horsemen, and removed out of the camp by night; 2 To the end he might rush in upon the…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…1 Maccabees
1 Maccabees Ch. 1: And it happened, after that Alexander son of… Ch. 2: In those days arose Mattathias the son of John… Ch. 3: Then his son Judas, called Maccabeus, rose up in… Ch. 4: Then took…Trending
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