Disciple+of+Aristotle
21ASIA MINOR — ASIA MINOR. The westernmost peninsula of Asia, also known as Anatolia. There is no specific information as to when Jews first reached Asia Minor, but it was probably not later than the sixth century B.C.E. Evidence is found in Joel (4:4–6) which… …
22CLEARCHUS OF SOLI° — (in Cyprus; fourth and third centuries B.C.E.), Greek philosopher. Clearchus is generally regarded as a disciple of Aristotle, although his concepts of the soul have more in common with Platonism. In the fragment preserved in Josephus (Apion 1,… …
23JEWISH IDENTITY — Through the ages Jewish identity has been determined by two forces: the consensus of thinking or feeling within the existing Jewish community in each age and the force of outside, often anti Jewish, pressure, which continued to define and to… …
24Peripatetic — Per i*pa*tet ic, n. 1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant. Tatler. [1913 Webster] 2. A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian. [1913 Webster] …
25Ai-Khanoum — Infobox Afghan City official name =Ai Khanoum native name = province name =Kunduz image size = image caption = Coin of Eucratides I (171 145 BCE), one of the Hellenistic rulers of ancient Ai Khanoum. latd = 37.169 longd = 69.408 districts=… …
26Hieronymus of Rhodes — Hieronymus of Rhodes, commonly called a peripatetic, though Cicero questions his right to the title, was a disciple of Aristotle, and contemporary with Arcesilaus, about 300 BC. He appears to have lived down to the time of Ptolemy II Philadelphus …
27botany — /bot n ee/, n., pl. botanies. 1. the science of plants; the branch of biology that deals with plant life. 2. the plant life of a region: the botany of Alaska. 3. the biology of a plant or plant group: the botany of deciduous trees. 4. (sometimes… …
28CALLIS`THENES — a disciple of Aristotle, who accompanied Alexander the Great to India, and was put to death by his order for remonstrating with him on his adoption of the manners and style of the potentates of the East, but professedly on a charge of treason …
29DICÆARCHUS — an ancient geographer, born at Messina, 4th century B.C.; a disciple of Aristotle …
30JUDEA — JUDEA, Latin form of Judah, the southern province of Ereẓ Israel during the period of Roman hegemony. Although this article deals with Judea as a Roman province, it should be pointed out that the name precedes the period. It was the natural name …
