Sentences with phrase «even ancient greek»

Certainly, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, religions of the ancient Egyptians and even ancient Greek philosophers had this in common.

@fimilleur from time to time mankind experiences the presence of God, there have been and continue to be events that testify to the presence of Him.The multiple gods you continually point to have an unique difference from the God who first revealed His presence to ancient men i.e. the Hebrews.The particular gods you mention roman etc. are all man made and in many instances men themselves i.e. hercules, but even the ancient greeks realized the limitations of their understanding and included an «unknown» God in their worship structure.many cultures did likewise, having a glimpse of God but not the fullness of understanding that was given to the Jews.Whether or not «we» believe, does not alter the fact that God exists as an unique being, whether or not «we» acknowledge Him «we» will stand before Him.You do not choose to understand, but we are actually standing in His presence right now as He is much bigger than the doctrines and knowledge man ascribes to Him those things you find so questionable are the misconceptions and misrepresentations of God made by men throughout history.

even the ancient Greeks and Egyptians KNEW the nworld was round.

Pi, for example, is computable; even the ancient Greeks knew simple algorithms that can churn out pi to any number of decimal places.)

The word protein is derived from the Greek word proteus meaning primary or first so even the ancient Greeks understood the importance of this nutrient for health and well - being.

Barley is a multi-nutrient rich food loaded with health perks - even the ancient Greeks and Romans were eating it for its green power back in the day!

Not exact matches

I learned conversational Korean, studied everything from string theory physics to ancient Greek and even taught myself the basics of computer programming without the internet, using textbooks.

If you are still seeking even more accuracy, then learn Greek and Ancient Hebrew, and have at the Dead Sea Scrolls and copies of the original letters of the early Christians.

It is not found in Buddhism nor in Hinduism; not in animism nor in pantheism; not in the religions of the ancient Greeks or Romans; nor in the religions of the Incas or the Mayans; and not even in that one other religion which also recognized a Creator separate from the created world, Islam.

But Judaism, as we have seen, had already begun to be influenced by the Greek doctrine of an immortal soul even though this was foreign to the heritage of ancient Israel found in the Hebrew Bible.

Since the Greeks (as indeed most of the ancient world though often in vague and undefined ways) were accustomed to think of death in terms of the survival of an immaterial soul, the Jewish emphasis on the resurrection of the fleshly body seemed not only unnecessary, but unspiritual and even repellent.

You sciency - types do nt abandon your worldview even though the ancient greek scientific philosophy that we base our western scientific tradition on, arose in a society founded on the belief in 12 capricious anthropomorphic gods, an animistic «universe», and an unshakeable belief in the idea of «fate».

the earth was determined to be round by the ancient greeks, they even know approximately how big it was.

He goes even to the extent of saying that the Greek fables of Aesop and the Arabian fables of Lokman (or Lukman) owed much to the ancient Indiansxliv.

All right all you God - mockers out there, I would like you to consider the following, even for a fraction of a second, which is probably your attention span: You are all suffering from what the ancient Greeks called HUBRIS.

Instead of making statements about «the ancients» or «the Jews» or «the Greeks» we must resolutely face the varieties to be found among individuals, even though the individuals were certainly conditioned (to some extent) by the groups in which they found themselves.

The ancient Greeks are thought to be the first to have cultivated the plant and even gave the herb its own legend in classic mythology.

The ancient Romans and Greeks believed in the magical power of amber, they even buried people with amber necklaces as a symbol of influence and power.

Even in Ancient Greek democracy, in the play Agamemnon the goddess Athena comes down to Earth and casts a coloured pebble to vote for a candidate in a tie.

«Since the time of the ancient Greeks, people have wondered how geckos are able to stick to walls — even Archimedes is known to have pondered this problem,» said Alex Greaney, co-author and an assistant professor of engineering at OSU.

Even their name comes from arkhaios, the Greek word for ancient.

Ancient Greeks even gave garlic to the original Olympic athletes to ensure their optimal performance, which makes garlic one of the earliest performance - enhancing agents.

There is absolutely different approach In his intermittent fasting style book — ancient greek / roman warriors ate mostly at evening / night time, so u have to expand no eating period at day time lowering insulin and eat a lot at evening in 4 hour window when you're less stressful and less cortisol!

used to wear wreaths of flowers in their hair in ancient Greek culture even before traditional hats were «invented».

Many people have an aversion to reading tax laws (or even tax instructions) assuming that it's as obscure as ancient greek.

This hound has been recorded on ancient Greek and Roman coins, and even said to have connections to the royal family, such as Prince Rupert of the Rhine in the 1600s.

Maltese dogs are well known even in the ancient times, where the Greeks erected tombs for their Maltese dogs.

«The fad for Egyptian cats very quickly spread through the ancient Greek and Roman world, and even much further afield, since cats were found in Viking ports established on the Baltic Sea between 500 and 800 CE.»

The ancient Greeks, knowing of the existence of the Arctic (even if they hadn't se...

Witness the rich legacies of the ancient Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans and Ottoman Turks and even uncover a few secrets about the local Maï ¬ a. Taste Sicilian wine, feast on delicious seasonal cuisine and meet passionate locals along the way.

The village offers a truly authentic Sicilian atmosphere with ancient cultural evidence of Moorish, Greek, Roman and even Norman settlements from bygone times.

There may be a mental image that gets unleashed on the canvas, or perhaps a poem or even a quotation from an Ancient Greek or Roman writer.

A contemporary art museum seems an odd place for ancient Greek and Roman statuary, even if they are imitations — until you see how far back the idea of repetition and appropriation in art actually goes.

Bound by their 50 x 50 cm paper and defined by their pencil planometrics, the evocative title of the series pays a debt to Frank Stella, but they also make nods to other abstract expressionists, notably Barnett Newman, to the earlier suprematist paintings of Kazimir Malevich, to Sol LeWitt and Agnes Martin, to ancient Chinese cities as squares, to Islamic caravanserai and Italian cloisters, to the houses within houses of Oswald Mathias Ungers, and even to the composition of Greek chorus and 1970s CBGB punk — that is to say, to all the good things in life.

This winter, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) presents The Horse in Ancient Greek Art, a ground - breaking exhibition that explores the Greeks» fascination with an animal that served as a symbol of wealth, power, and status in ways that are recognizable and familiar even today.

Deus ex-Machina theory originates in ancient Greek theatre and continues to stay alive even today.

Even though the scenery paintings date back to the ancient Greeks and the Romans, after the fall of the Roman Empire nature scenes became just a backdrop for religious stories or a mere setting for human activity.