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From: "'Richard J. Williams' pundits...@gmail.com [FairfieldLife]"
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2014 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] The Greeks had a word for it
On 12/9/2014 6:07 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote:
On 12/9/2014 6:07 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote:
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The Greeks had a word for it - "Gymnosophist"
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Thanks for posting this - it brought back memories of when I first
attended several classes at my local community college - World Civ 101
and 102. I enjoyed these course so much that I enrolled
A simpler definition. :-)
From: "s3raph...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]"
To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 1:07 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] The Greeks had a word for it
"Gymnosophist"
Gymnosophists ("naked philoso
"Gymnosophist"
Gymnosophists ("naked philosophers" or "naked sophists") is the name given by
the Greeks to ancient Indian philosophers who regarded food and clothing as
detrimental to purity of thought (sadhus or yogis). At least some of the
authors of the Upanishads lived at this time - th
