Epimenides of Knossos (or Epimenides of Crete) (/ɛpɪˈmɛnɪdiːz/; Ancient Greek: Ἐπιμενίδης) was a semi-mythical 7th- or 6th-century BC Greek seer and philosopher-poet...
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The Epimenides paradox reveals a problem with self-reference in logic. It is named after the Cretan philosopher Epimenides of Knossos (alive circa 600...
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Epimenides is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southwestern part of the Moon's near side, just to the east of the oddly shaped crater Hainzel...
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in Amur, eastern China, Korea, Ussuri, Japan. Kirinia epimenides epimenides Kirinia epimenides atratus Kurentzov, 1941 "Kirinia Moore, 1893" at Markku...
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v t e Ancient Greek schools of philosophy Proto-philosophy Epimenides Pherecydes Pre-Socratic Classical Socrates (students) Xenophon Hellenistic...
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Liar paradox (redirect from Epimenides sentence)
equivalent. The semi-mythical seer Epimenides, a Cretan, reportedly stated that "All Cretans are liars." However, Epimenides' statement that all Cretans are...
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of the legendary sage Epimenides of Knossos, who was said to have been a shepherd on the island of Crete. One day, Epimenides followed after a sheep...
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v t e Ancient Greek schools of philosophy Proto-philosophy Epimenides Pherecydes Pre-Socratic Classical Socrates (students) Xenophon Hellenistic...
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and waking to find a changed world—a theme originating in the story of Epimenides—found in many divergent cultures and traditions, and in modern times associated...
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subject of many lost poems, including those attributed to Orpheus, Musaeus, Epimenides, Abaris, and other legendary seers, which were used in private ritual...
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v t e Crete People Minos Epimenides Nearchus Georgios Chortatzis Vitsentzos Kornaros Marcus Musurus El Greco Cyril Lucaris Dimitrios Kallergis Eleftherios...
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daughters of Melisseus and the nurses of Zeus. According to a fragment of Epimenides, the nymphs Helike and Kynosura are the young Zeus's nurses. Cronus travels...
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(Force, Violence). The geographer Pausanias tells us that, according to Epimenides of Crete, Styx was the mother of the monster Echidna, by an otherwise...
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p. 11; Burkert 1995, pp. 91–92; West 1983, pp. 119–120. According to Epimenides (see Fowler 2013, pp. 7–8), the first two beings, Night and Aer, produced...
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v t e Crete People Minos Epimenides Nearchus Georgios Chortatzis Vitsentzos Kornaros Marcus Musurus El Greco Cyril Lucaris Dimitrios Kallergis Eleftherios...
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90 years. The case of Democritus differs from those of, for example, Epimenides of Crete (7th and 6th centuries BC), who is said to have lived an implausible...
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ancient Classical and Hellenistic Greek authors, such as Homer, Aesop, Epimenides, Euripides, Plato, and Aratus indicate that he was familiar with actual...
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unprovable. It's like a koan, a Zen mind breaker. It's like the Cretan Epimenides saying, "All Cretans are liars." Brian Herbert called the Dune universe...
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v t e Ancient Greek schools of philosophy Proto-philosophy Epimenides Pherecydes Pre-Socratic Classical Socrates (students) Xenophon Hellenistic...
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Retrieved 25 October 2023. pp. 402–404 "For I am ready to swear that Epimenides came to life again in Scotus." Erasmus to Thomas Grey Nichols, ep. 59;...
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Epistle to Titus (section Epimenides paradox)
secular peculiarities of the Epistle to Titus is the reference to the Epimenides paradox: "One of the Cretans, a prophet of their own, said, 'Cretans are...
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