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With the help of AI, 15 passages have been deciphered from a 2,000-year-old unrolled Herculaneum scroll, providing a glimpse into the thoughts of an ancient philosopher.
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Title and author of burned, still-rolled scroll decoded after nearly 2,000 years - MSNPhilodemus, according to the Bodleian Libraries, was an Epicurean philosopher whose teachings “emphasise the pursuit of pleasure as central to a good life.” ...
Philodemus wrote the work in the first century BCE and it is now being read for the first time since it was buried in the devastating volcanic eruption nearly 2,000 years ago.
Author of 'On Vices', Philodemus (c. 110-30 BC), was an philosopher and poet from Gadara, an ancient Hellenistic city in what is now Jordan. ...
Philodemus: On Poems, Book I by Philodemus (Oxford University Press/Amazon) John J. Miller is joined by Richard Janko of the University of Michigan to discuss the works of Philodemus. To Read the ...
The tome, on how to live a virtuous life, was written by Greek Epicurean philosopher Philodemus, who lived in Herculaneum from 110 B.C. until 35 B.C.
Philodemus, who lived between roughly 110 and 30 BCE, was an Epicurean philosopher and poet from Gadara. The University of Oxford's Bodleian Library holds a number of the scrolls, which have been ...
Philodemus’s text detailed the academy that the renowned Greek philosopher and student of the legendary philosopher Socrates, Plato founded in the fourth century BC.
With the help of AI, 15 passages have been deciphered from a 2,000-year-old unrolled Herculaneum scroll, providing a glimpse into the thoughts of an ancient philosopher.
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