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Roots of SN, Part 12: Were the Skeptics Naturalistic?

October 23, 2014 by B. T. Newberg

The Skeptics of Greece, another potentially naturalistic tradition, can teach us more about the true definition of naturalism.

Categories Free Tags ancient Greece, naturalism, philosophy, Sextus Empiricus, Skepticism 2 Comments

Roots of SN, Part 11: Were the Cynics and Stoics Naturalistic?

October 2, 2014October 2, 2014 by B. T. Newberg

“Live according to nature” was the motto of the Cynics and Stoics. Were these traditions naturalistic?

Categories Free Tags ancient Greece, cynicism, naturalism, philosophy, stoicism 5 Comments

Roots of SN, Part 10: Were the Atomists and Epicureans Naturalistic?

September 4, 2014 by B. T. Newberg
Epicurus

If the universe is nothing but atoms, what place can there be for gods? The earliest atomists arrived at a surprising answer.

Categories Free Tags ancient Greece, democritus, epicurus, naturalism, philosophy 3 Comments

Roots of SN, Part 9: Was Classical Greece Naturalistic?

August 15, 2014August 14, 2014 by B. T. Newberg

How did cultural innovators in the Classical Period spread naturalism through Greek culture — and how far did it spread?

Categories Free Tags ancient Greece, euripides, hippocratics, naturalism, science and god, sophocles, spiritual naturalism, thucydides 1 Comment

Roots of SN, Part 7: Was Archaic Greece Naturalistic?

July 10, 2014June 5, 2014 by B. T. Newberg

Other civilizations laid the crucial building blocks, but what made Greece so ripe for the rise of naturalism?

Categories Free Tags ancient Greece, Hesiod, Homer, naturalism, science and religion 1 Comment
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