Jun 20, 2015 | Writings of Gordon Clark
Encyclopedia 40. Cleanthes (typed) [1976. In Collier Encyclopedia, New York: P.F. Collier and Son.] CLEANTHES (c. 300-c. 220 B.C.), Greek philosopher, was born at Assos in the Troad. He came to Athens and attended the lectures of Crates the Cynic and Zeno the Stoic....
Jun 20, 2015 | Writings of Gordon Clark
Encyclopedia 39. Plotinus (typed) [1949. In Collier’s Encyclopedia. New York: P.F. Collier and Son.] PLOTINUS (A.D. 205-270), philosopher and teacher, was born in Egypt, probably in A.D. 205. He studied at Alexandria under the philosopher Ammonius Saccas, took...
Jun 20, 2015 | Writings of Gordon Clark
Encyclopedia 38. Epictetus (typed) [1949. In Collier’s Encyclopedia. New York: P.F. Collier and Son.] EPICTETUS (c. A.D. 50-130), Greek philosopher, probably from Phrygia. His real name is not known, “Epictetus” being a Greek word meaning “acquired.” In his...
Jun 20, 2015 | Writings of Gordon Clark
Encyclopedia 37. Eclecticism (typed) [1949. In Collier’s Encyclopedia. New York: P.F. Collier and Son.] ECLECTICISM, in philosophy, a variety of thought characterized by its adoption of principles from various or diverse systems of thought without intention of...
Jun 20, 2015 | Writings of Gordon Clark
Encyclopedia 35. Carneades (typed) [1949. In Collier’s Encyclopedia. New York: P.F. Collier and Son.] CARNEADES (c. 214-129 B.C.). Greek philosopher, the founder of the New Academy, and an able skeptical opponent of the Stoics, was born at Cyrene. He studied...
