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HERODOTOV OHLAS V ANTIKE

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Habaj M.
Historický časopis (Historical Journal)
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2014
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vol. 62
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issue 2
181 – 202
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The submitted study deals with the reception of Herodotus in antiquity. It analyses who used his famous work The Histories and how. The article is divided into several parts according to historical periods. The author deals also with question of why Herodotus was read or rejected in these particular historical periods. The study is based on combination of the authors’ own research and the facts already provided by other authors.
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ANCIENTS ON OLD AGE

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Konstan D.
ESPES
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2023
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vol. 12
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issue 1
16 - 23
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Greek and Roman literature has bequeathed us a variety of perspectives on old age. Old age, in ancient times before there were palliatives for pain and devices to compensate for failing sense, such as eyeglasses and hearing aids, could be painful and humiliating. At the same time, old age commanded a certain respect, for the wisdom that time and experience brought, and it afforded pleasures of its own, such as memories of former goods. If erotic passion and attractiveness were diminished, this might be considered a benefit rather than a loss. An aged person might still be able to manage personal affairs, and if death was closer, it was not something to be feared, if one had lived a full life. Old age was a stage in life, the final one, but not less valuable for that.
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OD ZOROASTRA K SÓKRATOVI: VZŤAH ANTICKEJ FILOZOFIE A MÁGIE V 5. A 4. STOROČÍ PRED KR. (I)

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Kalaš A., Škvrnda F.
Filozofia (Philosophy)
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2018
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vol. 73
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issue 2
85 – 96
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The first part of this study offers a contextual analysis of the terms mageia and goe-teia in the Greek literature of the 5th century B. C. These terms have obviously oriental, namely Persian origin. Consequently, the magical terminology of some of pre-Socratic philosophers is scrutinized. By textual analysis of Gorgias’ Encomium of Helen, Empedocles’ fragments, and various ancient reports on Pythagoras, an essential bond between „magic“ and „philosophy“ is established. These authors understood philosophy as a magical craft working primarily with verbal persuasion and alternation of emotions (Gorgias) that were part of a broader phenomenon including mysticism, eschatological beliefs (Empedocles) and oriental way of life (Pythagoras).
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