The scrolls in question, stored in a library in a Roman villa that is thought to have belonged to the father-in-law of Julius ...

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The Milesian School was based in Miletus and produced three great thinkers who were the pioneers of philosophy in ancient ...

Found in the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, the scroll contains part of a multi-volume work titled "On Vices" and was written by an ancient Greek philosopher, Philodemus. The charred scroll ...

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Ancient Rome is often seen as synonymous with culinary ... a 4th-century BC poet and philosopher, wrote what is often considered the first treatise on gastronomy, although only fragments survive ...

A Marxist-turned-Catholic who denounced individualism, he provoked and inspired fellow thinkers and gained a degree of ...

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According to the study, vocal modulations can be seen as a reflection of an ancient theory about the universe: atomism. Greek philosophers Democritus, Epicurus, and later the Roman Lucretius imagined ...