Sentences with phrase «of eminent philosophers»

«Why this association was important in first century Palestine was addressed by «Stories circulated to the effect that Alexander of Macedonia was not only the son of Philip II, but also of the god Zeus - Ammon (Plutarch, Parallel Lives, «Alexander» 2.1 - 3.2); Plato was the son of Ariston and the god Apollo (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 - 2), and Augustus was the son of Octavius as well as the god Apollo (Suetonius, Lives o f the Caesars 2.4.1 - 7).

Birth of Moses (Exod 2:1 - 10) Birth of Plato (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, 3.45)[see Acts of Jesus, p. 507] Birth of Alexander the Great (Plutarch, Parallel Lives, 2.1 - 3.5)[see Acts of Jesus, p. 502f] Birth of Apollonius (Philostratus, Life of Apollonius, I. 4)[see Acts of Jesus, p. 505]

The ancients reverenced him: In Diogenes Laertius» Lives of Eminent Philosophers, only Zeno, Epicurus, and Plato garner more attention.

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C. F. von Weizsäcker (1912 --RRB-, an eminent physicist and philosopher, said in his Gifford Lectures; «the concept of exact mathematical laws of nature which was only dimly present in Greek thought gained far greater convincing power by means of the Christian concept of creation.

His tour culminates in a description of the modern resurgence of Christian philosophy among today's most eminent philosophers engaging with the New Atheists.

William James (1842 - 1910), became one of the most eminent of American philosophers and psychologists.

The eminent British philosopher of education, R. S. Peters, has put this latter and by now commonplace point as elegantly as anyone:

Eminent artists, theologians, and philosophers will be exploring the nature of art and its role in society.

But the views of Copernicus were regarded as heretical by the church authorities, and an eminent philosopher, Giordano Bruno (1548 - 1600), was convicted of heresy in 1594 for professing them and after six years of imprisonment in which he refused to recant, he died at the stake.

One of the foremost semanticists of literary history is that eminent (but short - lived) philosopher, Humpty - Dumpty, who - while balancing precariously upon a wall - explained semantics to Alice (of Wonderland fame):

While Dr. Alice von Hildebrand is best known for promoting the work of her late husband, Dietrich — the eminent anti-Nazi philosopher who barely escaped death under Hitler — her personal story, as revealed in a new autobiography, Memoirs of a Happy Failure, is very powerful in itself.

I remember reading, some time ago, that the eminent modern poet - philosopher from India, Rabindranath Tagore, was invited to a football game on one of his trips to the U.S..

Professor Jim Al - Khalili, President of the BHA Phillip Pullman, author Dan Snow, historian and broadcaster Tim Minchin, musician and writer Dr Simon Singh, science writer Ken Follett, novelist Dr Adam Rutherford, broadcaster and science writer Sir John Sulston FRS, Nobel Prize winning scientist Sir David Smith FRS FRSE, eminent botanist Professor Jonathan Glover, philosopher Professor Anthony Grayling, philosopher Nick Ross, broadcaster CJ De Mooi, actor and professional quizzer Virginia Ironside, writer Professor Steven Rose, scientist and writer Natalie Haynes, comedian and writer Peter Tatchell, human rights campaigner Professor Raymond Tallis FMedSci, physician, philosopher and author Dr Iolo ap Gwynn FRMS, scientist and mountaineer Stephen Volk, screenwriter and author Professor Steve Jones, Professor of Genetics, science writer and broadcaster Sir Terry Pratchett OBE, Fantasy fiction author, satirist Dr Evan Harris, Former Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament and Vice-President of the BHA Dr Richard Bartle, Professor of Computer Game Design Sian Berry, Green campaigner, politician and author Professor John A Lee, Consultant Histopathologist and Professor of Pathology Professor Richard Norman, philosopher Zoe Margolis, author Joan Smith, journalist and author Michael Gore, CVO CBE Derek McAuley, General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches Lorraine Barratt, former member of the Welsh Assembly Dr Susan Blackmore, writer and broadcaster Dr Harry Stopes - Roe, Vice President of the BHA Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC (Hon), human rights lawyer Adele Anderson, actor and singer Dr Helena Cronin, Co-Director, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science Professor Alice Roberts, Anatomist, author and broadcaster Professor Chris French, Professor of Psychology, editor of The Skeptic Sir Tom Blundell, scientist Maureen Duffy, poet, playwright and novelist Baroness Whitaker, Labour peer Lord Avebury, Liberal Democrat peer Richard Herring, writer and comedian Martin Rowson, writer and cartoonist Tony Hawks, comedian, writer, musician and philanthropist Peter Cave, philosopher and author Diane Munday, campaigner Professor Norman MacLean, Biologist Professor Sir Harold Kroto FRS, Nobel prize winner, Professor of Chemistry Sir Richard Dalton, former Diplomat Sir David Blatherwick, KCMG, OBE, Diplomat and writer Michael Rubenstein, writer and legal expert Polly Toynbee, columnist and broadcaster Lord O'Neill, labour peer

Now, as part of a radical approach to animal welfare and conservation, 30 or more eminent biologists, philosophers and writers (Kortlandt and Teleki among them) are to launch what amounts to a citizen's charter for chimpanzees.

Filmmaker Raymond Depardon and eminent philosopher Paul Virilio discuss the relationship between ideas of homeland and rootedness, at a time when human migration has reached an unprecedented scale.

Students of the School have an opportunity to study theoretical and practical aspects of contemporary art under eminent lecturers, distinguished figures of culture, philosophers and theorists of contemporary art.