Tag Archives: Religion

What Stoicism Isn’t

by William B. Irvine, Professor of Philosophy, Wright State University Stoicism has gotten a bad rap. People think of the Stoics as emotionless beings—as grim, wooden individuals whose goal in life was to stand mutely and take whatever life could throw at them. This perception, however, is quite mistaken. When we read about the Stoics

Written on November 9, 2021 at 8:08 pm, by Sean Kelly

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Categories: Philosophy, Stoicism

Tags: Epictetus, Happiness, Marcus Aurelius, Musonius Rufus, Religion, Seneca, Serenity Prayer, Stoicism, Zeno of Citium

The Mysterious Eleusinian Mysteries: Part 2

Written by Mary Naples, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Part 1 of this series can be found here. From the deep recesses of the Archaic era to enlightened Imperial Rome, the list of initiates into the Eleusinian Mysteries, a popular cult honoring the goddesses Demeter and Persephone, reads like a who’s who of the Classical era.

Written on June 25, 2021 at 5:22 am, by Mary Naples

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Categories: Traditions

Tags: Ancient Greek Religion, Demeter, Eleusinian Mysteries, Persephone, Religion

On God, An Extract from ‘How To Keep An Open Mind’

Text by Pyrrhonist philosopher Sextus Empiricus (c. 160 – c. 210 AD) translated by Richard Bett, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Since most people have declared that god is a most active cause, let’s first examine god, with this preface—that following ordinary life without opinions, we say that there are gods and we worship gods and

Written on June 8, 2021 at 9:47 am, by KristinD

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Categories: Philosophers

Tags: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Ancient skepticism, God, Philosophy, pyrrhonism, Religion, Skepticism

Ephesia Grammata: Magical Words in the Greek World

Written by Ed Whalen, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom The Classical World is often seen as an age of reason and philosophy. In reality, the vast majority of people were very superstitious and belief in magic was very common. Spells, magical formulas, and incantations were popular and widely used. Some of the best known magical formulas

Written on May 14, 2021 at 7:32 am, by Whelan

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Categories: Traditions

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek culture, Artemis, ephesus, magic, mystery, Religion, superstition

Is SACRIFICE Inherently Good?

This last weekend almost one third* of the world’s population celebrated Christ’s offering of himself on the crucifixion, as well as his subsequent resurrection. No doubt a moment of deep reflection on the meaning and purpose of sacrifice. *Not including orthodox Christians, simply because they celebrate according to the Julian calendar rather than Gregorian calendar…

Written on April 5, 2021 at 6:18 pm, by Anya Leonard

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Categories: Dialectics

Tags: abrahamic, christ, easter, Pompeii, Religion, sacrifice

Zoroastrianism: Divinity and The Struggle Between Good and Evil

Written by Lydia Serrant, Contributing Writer, Classical Wisdom Zoroastrianism is one of the world’s oldest religions, of which numbers are in decline. Otherwise known as Mazadayasna by those who follow it, the roots of Zoroastrianism date back as far as the Second Millennium BC and served as the state religion of Persia and other Iranian

Written on August 28, 2020 at 6:49 am, by Alex Barrientos

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Categories: Mythology

Tags: Christianity, Cyrus, Cyrus the Great, Islam, Judaism, monotheism, Persia, Religion, Zoroaster, Zoroastrianism