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THE MEANING OF ΜΎΩΨ IN PLATO’S APOLOGY OF SOCRATES. LAURA A. MARSHALL. The Ohio State University* Abstract: The standard translation of μύωψ in Plato’s Apology of Socrates 30e is ‘gadfly’. However, this word was generally translated as ‘spur’ until the 1800s.
This chapter explores some of the most frequently printed and widely circulated natural philosophical texts of the sixteenth century along with their medieval predecessors. It focuses on each author's conception of water and his classification for why water did not flood the earth.
29 sie 2004 · What is so special about water? Why does it have the properties it has, and how might these reasons be relevant to its apparent biological importance?
2 paź 2023 · Thales, considered the first Greek philosopher, proposed that water is the primary substance of all things. He is known for his assertion that the earth floats on water and for identifying water's transformative properties, symbolizing the unity and source of all natural phenomena.
This thesis sets out to develop a beginning of a philosophy of water by considering philosophical implications of ecological crises currently happening along the waters of the Ganges River. In my first chapter, I give a historical account of a philosophy of water. In my
15 sty 2023 · Even if we dispense with the philosophical term emergence, it can still be argued that water’s transparency and wetness aren’t only about H₂O molecules and their nature alone.
In this paper, I look at Plato’s fascination with and fundamental ambivalence toward water, his understanding of water as both a political question (in his depiction of the island of Atlantis and the city of Athens) and a philosophical problem (in the myth of the cave and the divided line in the Republic and the myth of the earth in the Phaedo).
