On 12/9/2014 6:07 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote:
The Greeks had a word for it - Gymnosophist
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 in
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On 12/9/2014 6:07 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com
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 - the
A simpler definition. :-)
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Gymnosophist
Gymnosophists (naked philosophers
