Ancient Belief in the Gods 
.... In religion, humans can come to share in divinity by acquiring
knowledge usually left to the
gods alone (as in prophesies or at oracles). ....
(2345
9
)
Euthyphro & Apology Dialogues
.... Socrates draws Euthyphro out on his
knowledge of the
gods, repeatedly stating that he will use what he learns to escape Meletus's indictment (105) and urge ....
(1107
4
)
Homer and Plato
.... that such representations are misleading, as by their nature
gods embody only .... interpretation" of truth, all that Nietzsche believes values or
knowledge can be. ....
(1259
5
)
Homer'sThe Iliad & Plato's Meno
.... that such representations are misleading, as by their nature
gods embody only .... interpretation" of truth, all that Nietzsche believes values or
knowledge can be. ....
(1259
5
)
The Platonic dialogues
.... of absolute
knowledge but end up exposed as contradictions. First Euthyphro says that what is holy is what is "agreeable to the
gods" (16); Socrates points out ....
(1050
4
)
Analysis of Plato's Euthyphro Dialogue
.... Euthyphro is basing his case on his certain
knowledge of the
gods--what they love and do not love--even though others are saying that it is impious to ....
(2948
12
)
The Tragic Hero
.... by the
gods in Homer and elsewhere in Greek literature and philosophy are superficial imitations of mortal reality: "The hero's self-
knowledge tells him that a ....
(1112
4
)
Rime of the Ancient Mariner & Frankenstein
Jung writes that "every step toward the greater consciousness is a kind of Promethean guilt: through
knowledge, the
gods are, as it were, robbed of their fire ....
(1106
4
)
John Early - The Maya and Catholicism
.... Spanish
gods were more powerful protectors of their own
gods" (114). Because of this, Early argues that because of their ability and
knowledge of Catholicism ....
(1131
5
)
Impact of The Trial of Socrates
....
knowledge to support their actions (Stone, 1988, 128-154). When the Death Penalty was announced, Socrates did not change his approach or attitude. The
Gods had ....
(856
3
)
Oedipus' Fall
.... He cannot face the reality of this
knowledge and suffers terribly for it, plucking .... His fate prophesied by the
gods, Oedipus only acts out the prediction they ....
(824
3
)
Adam & Eve
.... that God does not want her to eat from the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil because if she does, she, too, will gain the
knowledge of the
Gods and thus ....
(796
3
)
Hinduism and Buddhism
.... to know," hence the Vedas are the books of
knowledge) introduced by the Aryans are said to contain all possible
knowledge about man and the
gods (Herman 50). ....
(2573
10
)
Philosophers on the term "Self"
.... as wise and good, and the men who now were with the
gods were seen .... Plato also believes that
knowledge is actually a matter of recollection, the recollection of ....
(2263
9
)
Immortality of the Soul in the Phaedo
.... the
gods are wise and good and the men who have joined the
gods have already .... It really has been shown us that, if we are ever to have pure
knowledge, we must ....
(1379
6
)
The speech of Satan in Paradise Lost
.... When Satan refers to the lower
gods, he suggests that they have specific functions in .... workings of the universe if she eats the fruit of the tree of
knowledge. ....
(2654
11
)
The search for knowledge in the West and East
.... is a strong contrast made between scientific inquiry and the
knowledge of faith and .... Taoism does not mention
gods or saints but emphasizes how perfection can be ....
(2080
8
)
Satan's Speech in Paradise Lost, Book IX
.... When Satan refers to the lower
gods, he suggests that they have specific functions in .... workings of the universe if she eats the fruit of the tree of
knowledge. ....
(2745
11
)
Nature of Pre-Socratic Thought
.... some explorers did in the tales mentioned above--used their
knowledge and predictive abilities to persuade the natives, so to speak, that they were
gods, or at ....
(2801
11
)
Aristofanes & Plato Socrates
.... Socrates' methods of attaining wisdom and
knowledge through self-examination and .... the Euthyphro, Socrates and Euthyphro discuss piety and the
gods through the ....
(1588
6
)
Oedipus the King
.... If Oedipus's
knowledge is only an unconscious
knowledge, how can it remain so when .... In any case, the prophet seems to clearly be saying that the
gods are in ....
(2252
9
)
Fate and Oedipus
.... Still, when we understand the power of the
gods and their
knowledge of all things, and when we compare it to the profoundly limited perspective of human beings ....
(1795
7
)
Analysis of Characters of King Lear and Macbeth
.... It is as if he possessed something of a the self-
knowledge of the
gods with respect to his tragic flaw, but, as we will see, he is incapable of doing anything ....
(1689
7
)
Reason and the Moral Life
.... For Plato, the act of examination itself is a necessary condition for
knowledge, and no .... has lost sight of the true values supported by the
gods, while Socrates ....
(1548
6
)
Ancient Egypt and The Gods
.... to the world to be encountered after death, they refer to the
gods' understanding of .... Yet during the Old Kingdom,
knowledge was thought to be available from the ....
(4371
17
)
Sophists
.... About the
gods, I am not able to know whether they exist or do not exist, nor what they are like in form; for the factors preventing
knowledge are many: the ....
(1551
6
)
The Heroic Ideal: Plato and Socrates
.... one to come closer to the truth than any other form of learning and acquiring
knowledge. .... and virtuous citizens, but also because he was chosen by the
gods as a ....
(1285
5
)
Motivation of Al_Qaeda
.... This is what men do when they aspire to the
knowledge of
gods" (Estling, 2000, p. 55).
Knowledge of God is of course the highest certainty. ....
(2959
12
)
Jainism
.... The
gods have continued to be less important in Jainism than in other .... Jain philosophers also developed an elaborate theory of
knowledge that involved five ....
(2220
9
)
Confucianism
.... VIII, 18, Confucius was one "who in the eager pursuit of
knowledge, forgot his .... the Master did not speak of were prodigies, force, disorder, and
gods" (Ross 3 ....
(1947
8
)
