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4 09, 2017

Plotinus and the Neoplatonists – Roman philosophy

By |2017-09-04T11:34:58-07:00September 4th, 2017|Philosophy, Romans|Comments Off on Plotinus and the Neoplatonists – Roman philosophy

Bust of Plotinus (Ostia, ca. 250 AD) Around the time of Jesus, philosophers (and regular people) in West Asia and the Roman Empire started to think a lot about what happened to you after you died. [...]

21 08, 2017

Gnostics – Early Christianity – Roman religion

By |2019-11-09T10:46:32-08:00August 21st, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Gnostics – Early Christianity – Roman religion

The Gnostics - Books of Roman Gnostic writings from Nag Hammadi in Egypt (300s AD) When were the Gnostics? About the time of Jesus, about 100 BC-100 AD, people living in the Eastern [...]

25 07, 2017

Aladdin and the Lamp – Arabian Nights

By |2019-01-20T15:48:01-08:00July 25th, 2017|Islam, Literature|Comments Off on Aladdin and the Lamp – Arabian Nights

An Islamic oil lamp like Aladdin's lamp, from the University of Michigan Scheherazade tells Aladdin's story This is one of the stories Scheherazade told the king. Scheherazade's Arabian Nights Sinbad [...]

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