Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Frances A. Yates, Zoroaster and Theophrastus

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 4. Early European Thought
9288 The magic of Asclepius enters Renaissance thought mixed into Ficino's neo-platonism [Yates]
9291 The dating, in 1614, of the Hermetic writings as post-Christian is the end of the Renaissance [Yates]
13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 6. Relativism Critique
20921 How can we state relativism of sweet and sour, if they have no determinate nature? [Theophrastus]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / c. Purpose denied
5990 Theophrastus doubted whether nature could be explained teleologically [Theophrastus, by Gottschalk]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 1. Monotheistic Religion
7598 Zoroaster and the Hebrew prophets evolved different versions of monotheism [Zoroaster, by Armstrong,K]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 3. Zoroastrianism
20672 Zoroastrianism saw the world as a battle between good evil gods [Zoroaster, by Harari]
7472 Zarathustra was the first to present a god who is an abstract concept [Zoroaster]