21. History Of Mathematics: Chronology Of Mathematicians A list of all of the important mathematicians working in a given century.Category Science Math Mathematicians Directories...... c. 350330) *SB *MT; eudemus of rhodes (the Peripatetic) (fl. c. 335)*SB 300 BCE. Autolycus of Pitane (fl. c. 300) *SB; Euclid (fl. http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/chronology.html

Chronological List of Mathematicians Note: there are also a chronological lists of mathematical works and mathematics for China , and chronological lists of mathematicians for the Arabic sphere Europe Greece India , and Japan Table of Contents 1700 B.C.E. 100 B.C.E. 1 C.E. To return to this table of contents from below, just click on the years that appear in the headers. Footnotes (*MT, *MT, *RB, *W, *SB) are explained below List of Mathematicians 1700 B.C.E. Ahmes (c. 1650 B.C.E.) *MT 700 B.C.E. Baudhayana (c. 700) 600 B.C.E. Thales of Miletus (c. 630-c 550) *MT Apastamba (c. 600) Anaximander of Miletus (c. 610-c. 547) *SB Pythagoras of Samos (c. 570-c. 490) *SB *MT Anaximenes of Miletus (fl. 546) *SB Cleostratus of Tenedos (c. 520) 500 B.C.E. Katyayana (c. 500) Nabu-rimanni (c. 490) Kidinu (c. 480) Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (c. 500-c. 428) *SB *MT Zeno of Elea (c. 490-c. 430) *MT Antiphon of Rhamnos (the Sophist) (c. 480-411) *SB *MT Oenopides of Chios (c. 450?) *SB Leucippus (c. 450) *SB *MT Hippocrates of Chios (fl. c. 440) *SB Meton (c. 430) *SB

22. Expertise In Classics (2002) Wehrli's Edition of eudemus of rhodes. The Physical Fragmentsfrom Simplicius' Commentary on Aristotle Physics , in WW Fortenbaugh http://www.adelaide.edu.au/cesgl/classics/baltussen.html

The University of Adelaide Home Departments Search ... Museum of Classical Archaeology Centre for European Studies and General Linguistics Floors 7 and 8, Hughes Building THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE SA 5005 AUSTRALIA Email Telephone: +61 8 8303 5638 Facsimile: +61 8 8303 5241 or 33343 Han Baltussen (MA Classics, PhD Ancient Philosophy, Utrecht University, The Netherlands) How I got into Classics Research Interests Publications Some Links ... Subjects Taught How I got into Classics : I started Latin when I was 13, and was immediately intrigued by this contact with a distant world coming so close. Greek followed the next year, and the fascination with the stories, thoughts and language just increased. Ancient philosophy provided me with one of the most fascinating aspects of the ancient world. Its riches, puzzles and paradoxes will probably continue to occupy my mind for a long time to come. Research interests I am interested in the history of ideas and its transmission. My research has sofar focused on Greek philosophy. Greek philosophers were not only remarkably original, but also set the agenda for many centuries in the problems they discussed and the answers they suggested. Some of my projects are about problems and issues arising from bringing literary perspectives to philosophical writings (interaction of form and content): problems of transmission, tradition and authority, genre, orality and literacy. I have written on the Peripatetics (Aristotle and his school : their methodology, their criticism of previous thinkers), transmission of texts and ideas (fragments, adaptations), and on philosophers from

23. History Of Philosophy 12 {1}. Of the life of eudemus of rhodes little is known except thathe and Theophrastus were disciples of Aristotle at the same time. http://www.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain/etext/hop12.htm

Jacques Maritain Center History of Philosophy / by William Turner CHAPTER XII THE PERIPATETIC SCHOOL Sources . Besides our primary sources , consisting of treatises and commentaries of the philosophers of Aristotle's school, we have, as secondary sources, the works of Diogenes Laertius and the references made by Cicero, who, it should be said, is more trustworthy when he mentions the Peripatetics than when he speaks of the pre-Socratic philosophers. Theophrastus of Lesbos was born about the same year as Aristotle. He seems to have become Aristotle's disciple even before the death of Plato. After Aristotle's death he ruled the Peripatetic school as scholarch for about thirty-five years. He wrote many works, of which the best known are two treatises on botany and his Ethical Characters , the latter consisting of lifelike delineations of types of human character. He extended and completed Aristotle's philosophy of nature, devoting special attention to the science of botany . In his ethical doctrines he insisted on the choregia secured to virtue by the possession of external goods.

24. History Of Philosophy Euclid of Megara, 85. Eudaemonism, in Greek philosophy, 83; opposed by Kant,542. eudemus of rhodes, 58. Eudorus, 188, 205. Evolution, 618 ff. http://www.nd.edu/Departments/Maritain/etext/hop75.htm

Jacques Maritain Center History of Philosophy / by William Turner INDEX A B C D ... Z A Abelard, ff., Absolutism, political, of Hobbes, ; of Plato, Abubacer, Academies, Platonic, ff., Accadian traditions, Achard of St. Victor, Achillini, Adelard of Bath, ff., AEgidius, see Giles. AEnesidemus, ff. AEsthetics, Aristotle's, ; Hegel's, ; Kant's, ff.; Plato's, Agnosticism, Agrippa, d'Ailly, see Peter d'Ailly. Air currents, Stoic doctrine of, Alanus ab Insulis, Albert the Great, ff., Albert of Saxony, Alcuin, Alemanni, d'Alembert, Alexander of Alessandria, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Alexander of Hales, ff., Alexander Neckam, Alexandrian philosophy, ff. Alfarabi, Alfred de Morlay, Alfred Sereshel, Algazel, Alkendi, Aithus, Amalfinius, Amaury, see Amalric. Ambrose, St., Ammonius Saccas, Anaxagoras, ff., Anaximander, Anaximenes, Andronicus of Rhodes, Angiulli, Anna Comnena, Anselm, St., ff., Antinomies, Kant's, ; Spencer's ; Zeno's, ff. Antiochus of Ascalon, Antipater, Antisthenes, Antonius Andrea, Apollodorus, Apollonius of Tyana, Aquinas, see Thomas of Aquin, St. Arabian philosophy, ff.

25. CLASSICS 2362B Aristotle of Stageira, 384322. i. Theophrastus of Eresus in Lesbos (c. 370-288/5)head. a. eudemus of rhodes, contemp. w. Theophrastus member. http://www.dal.ca/~claswww/2361-3400-Chronology.htm

Chronology Greece Hellenic a. Archaic Period: 700-500 b.c. (Solon 594). Ionians cross over from Ionia to Italy. Italians : Pythagoras flourished in reign of Polycrates (532) died c. 497. b. Classical bloom: end of Persian Wars (479) to beginning of Peloponnesian Wars (431-404) Parmenides (65 yrs. old) and Zeno (40 yrs. old) met with Socrates (20 yrs. old) in Athens in 450; Empedocles (495-35); Anaxagoras (500-c.428) a close friend of Pericles; Melissus in 411, as commander of Samian force, defeated Athenian fleet of Pericles; Protagoras b. c. 485, fl. 445. “Man is the measure of all things...” - beginning of Sophistic movement. c. Peloponnesian Wars to death of Alexander the Great (323) Gorgias (483-376); Prodicus, a contemporary of Socrates; Hippias (c. 485-415); Socrates (469-399); Minor Socratic Schools: Megarians, Cynics, Cyrenaics. Plato (c. 429-347); Aristotle (384-322); Speusippus (347-336); Xenocrates (339-314). Hellenistic from the death of Alexander (323 b.c.) to the death of Cleopatra in Egypt (30 b.c.) for reference to the history of philosophy the term will not be used in a strictly chronological sense.

26. Biography-center - Letter E Mathematicians/Euclid.html; eudemus of rhodes, wwwhistory.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Eudemus.html;Eudora, Welty www http://www.biography-center.com/e.html

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27. Publications Of Dr Han Baltussen (April 2001) The Argument and Purpose in the De sensibus (Diss. Utrecht xxii 305 pp.).(ii) Articles. 20012 in press 'Wehrliís Edition of eudemus of rhodes. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kis/schools/hums/philosophy/frames/Staff/Baltussen/Publicat

Publications of Dr Han Baltussen (April 2001) (i) Books - (ii) Articles - (iii) Reviews - (iv) Work in Progress (i) Books Theophrastus Against the Presocratics and Plato. Peripatetic Dialectic in his De sensibus. Brill, Leiden ( Philosophia Antiqua vol. 86) 285 pp. (revised and expanded diss.) 1993a (Ph.D. monograph) Theophrastus on Theories of Perception. The Argument and Purpose in the De sensibus (ii) Articles 2001-2 [in press] 'Wehrliís Edition of Eudemus of Rhodes. The physical fragments in Simplicius' On Aristotleís Physics Life and Works of Eudemus Rutg.Univ. Stud. in Class. Humanities , vol. 11), approx. 25 pages 2001a [in press] 'Theophrastean Echoes? Theophrastus' De sensibus Die Philosophie der Antike , (ed. by Wolfgang Kullmann et al., Stuttgart, Steiner-Verlag), approx. 20 pages 2001b [in press] 'Philology or Philosophy? Simplicius on the Use of Quotations', in I. Worthington (ed.) Epea and Grammata: Oral and Written Communication in Ancient Greece , vol. IV, Brill, Leiden (refereed proceedings of the fourth biennial Orality and Literacy in Ancient Greece conference, University of Missouri-Columbia U.S.A. 2000) Philologus , Bd. 144-2: 227-38

28. Phoenicia, Phoenicians: Thales Of Miletus 450 AD, is the basis for the first four of these claims, in the third and fourthcases quoting the work History of Geometry by eudemus of rhodes, who was a http://phoenicia.org/thales.html

A Bequest Unearthed Phoenicia Thales of Miletus Comprehesive Website on the Phoenicians SEARCH Phoenicia Get a Search Engine For Your Web Site Thales of Miletus Born c 624 BC and died c. 547 in Asia minor. He was the son of Examyes and Cleobuline, distinguished Phoenicians. Thales was the first known philosopher, scientist and mathematician although his occupation was that of an engineer. He is believed to have been the teacher of Anaximander (611 BC - 545 BC) and he was the first natural philosopher in the Milesian School. However, none of his writing survives so it is difficult to determine his views or to be certain about his mathematical discoveries. Indeed it is unclear whether he wrote any works at all and if he did they were certainly lost by the time of Aristotle who did not have access to any writings of Thales. On the other hand there are claims that he wrote a book on navigation but these are based on little evidence. In the book on navigation it is suggested that he used the constellation Ursa Minor, which he defined, as an important feature in his navigation techniques. Even if the book is fictitious, it is quite probable that Thales did indeed define the constellation Ursa Minor. Proclus, the last major Greek philosopher, who lived around 450 AD, wrote:-

29. PERIPATETICS Aristotle’s immediate successors,i Theophrastus and eudemus of rhodes,were diligent scholars rather than original thinkers. They http://35.1911encyclopedia.org/P/PE/PERIPATETICS.htm

document.write(""); PERIPATETICS OTHER CouNTRIEs Japan now possesses native periodicals of the European type, of which the following are representative examples: Fudzoku-Gaho (native customs); The Kokka (art); Toyo-Gakugei-Zasshi (science); Jogaku-Zasshi (domestic economy); Tetsugaku-Zasshi (philosophy); Keizal-Zasshi (political economy); Taiyo (literature). GENERAL INDEXES TO PERIODICALS.—TIIe most complete collection of periodicals in all languages ever brought together is that preserved in the British Museum, and the excerpt from the printed catalogue of the library, entitled Periodical Publications (London, 1899—1900, 2nd ed. 6 parts folio, with index), includes journals, reviews, magazines and other works issued periodically, with the exception of transactions and proceedings of learned societies and of British and Colonial newspapers later than 1700. The titles of these periodicals, which number about 23,000, are arranged under the town or place of their publication. Periodicals (1904). (H, R. T.) PERIOECI (~rEpioucoL, those who dwell around, in the neighbourhood), in ancient Laconia the class intermediate between the Spartan citizens and the serfs or helots (q.v). Ephoruf says (Strabo viii. 364 seq.) that they were the original Achaeaii inhabitants of the country, that for the first generation aftei

30. History Of Astronomy: Roughly Sorted Links - Biographies (1) Robert Encke, Johann Franz Erastus, Thomas Eratosthenes Of Cyrene Essen, Louis Essen,Louis Year in Review 1997 Obituary Euclid eudemus of rhodes Eudoxus Of http://www.astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/unsorted/rough_bio_01.html

History of Astronomy Unsorted and roughly sorted links Roughly sorted links - Biographies (1) Please note that the links were found some time ago and may be outdated meanwhile. This list is not a permanent one. Any link may be moved or deleted without special announcement, and also this file may be deleted. Alexander Friedmann Jahrbuch fuer die Fortschritte der Mathematik Dirk Frimout (in German) Dirk Frimout (in French) ... ? Raleigh, Sir Walter navigation Ramsden, Jesse Reber, Grote Regiomontanus Reichenbach, Georg von ... Wolfgang R. Dick . Created: 20 Aug 2001. Latest update: 20 Feb 2002

31. Welcome To Gresham College Proclus was a commentator from the fourth century AD who derived much of his materialfrom earlier commentaries, now lost, by eudemus of rhodes, a student of http://www.gresham.ac.uk/hom/LectEuclid.htm

Euclid Professor Robin Wilson Much has been written about the Elements. As the philosopher Immanuel Kant observed: The Victorian mathematician Augustus De Morgan, of whom I told you last October, said: And in his 1843 Lectures on the Principles of Demonstrative Mathematics, P. Kelland wrote at length: The famous Thales is said to have been the first to demonstrate that the circle is bisected by the diameter. If you wish to demonstrate this mathematically, imagine the diameter drawn and one part of the circle fitted upon the other. If it is not equal to the other, it will fall either inside or outside it, and in either case it will follow that a shorter line is equal to a longer. For all the lines from the centre to the circumference are equal, and hence the line that extends beyond will be equal to the line that falls short, which is impossible. Book I, Foundations of Plane Geometry, starts with 23 definitions, such as the following:

32. Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary, Per-Pi, Theosophical U Press The chief representatives of the school are Theophrastus of Lesbos (372287 BC),who with eudemus of rhodes, Aristoxemus of Tarentum, and Dicaearchus of Messene http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/etgloss/per-pi.htm

E ncyclopedic Theosophical Glossary: Per-Pi EDITORS' NOTE: This electronic version of the Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary is presented to the public as a work in progress. The manuscript, produced originally in the 1930s and '40s, is currently being revised and expanded by the Editorial Committee. Theosophical University Press is presenting this working version online because, even in its present unfinished form, we feel that the contents will be of value to students of theosophical literature, particularly of the works of H. P. Blavatsky. The manuscript will be updated periodically. Comments, corrections, and suggestions are welcome; please send to eglossary@theosociety.org NB: Quick links: Aa-Adh Adi-Ag Ah-Al Am-Ani ... List of Abbreviations Per-Pi Peratae (Latin) Peratai Peregrinations of the Monad Used mainly for the post-mortem states and conditions of the spiritual monad plus its movements in and through the solar system guided by certain dominating spiritual-psychological factors, both in the monad itself and in the solar system. See also INNER ROUNDS; OUTER ROUNDS

33. Thales Of Miletus From eudemus of rhodes (fl ca. 320 BC) we know that he studied inEgypt and brought these teachings to Greece. He is unanimously http://www.math.tamu.edu/~don.allen/history/thales2/thales2.html

Next: About this document Thales of Miletus Little is known of Thales. He was born about 624 BC in Miletus, Asia Minor (now Turkey) and died about 546 BC in Miletos, Turkey The bust shown above is in the Capitoline Museum in Rome but is not contemporary with Thales. Thales of Miletus Some impression and highlights of his life and work follow: Thales of Miletus was the first known Greek philosopher, scientist and mathematician. Some consider him to be the teacher of of Pythagoras, though it may be only that he advised Pythagoras to travel to Egypt and Chaldea. From Eudemus of Rhodes (fl ca. 320 B.C) we know that he studied in Egypt and brought these teachings to Greece. He is unanimously ascribed the introduction of mathematical and astronomical sciences into Greece. He is unanimously regarded as having been unusally cleverby general agreement the first of the Seven Wise Men, a pupil of the Egyptians and the Chaldeans. None of his writing survives; this makes it is difficult to determine his philosophy and to be certain about his mathematical discoveries. There is, of course, the story of his successful speculation in oil presses as testament to his practical business acumen.

34. History Of Science Society HSSOnline.org EUR230; $ 230.98 (cloth). eudemus of rhodes. Bodnar, Istvan; Fortenbaugh,William W., eds. Edited by Istvan Bodnar and William W. Fortenbaugh. http://www.hssonline.org/society/isis/books/q4-2002.html

Isis Books Received: Every quarter, Isis receives a substantial number of new books in the history of science, technology and medicine. New books are listed here, and also published in the HSS Newsletter. Help Sponsor the Society By arrangement with Amazon.com, the Society currently offers a link for purchasing each title. For each book bought through a link off of this page, the Society will earn up to 15% of the purchase price. Now you can buy the newest books in the history of science and benefit the Society at the same time. Dimensions of Time: The structures of the time of humans, of the world, and of God. Achtner, Wolfgang; Kunz, Stefan; Walter, Thomas. Translated by Arthur H. Williams, Jr. viii + 196 pp. Figs., bibl., index. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, From to 1: An Authoritative History of Modern Computing. Akera, Atsushi: Nebeker, Frederick.

35. Euclid, His Works And His Influences begins with Thales of Miletus (624 547 BCE), who is the first mathematicianmentioned in eudemus of rhodes' formal history, written around 320 BCE. http://www.math.sfu.ca/histmath/Europe/Euclid300BC/INDEX.HTML

His Works and His Influences Euclid , author of the most important textbook of all time, and arguably the most influential geometry text to date, the Elements (which has existed in more editions than any other work than the Bible ), flourished around 300 B.C.E. in Alexandria. Invited to open the mathematical school at the Museum and Library at Alexandria, Euclid accepted and compiled several works, some of which are still in circulation today, some of which have long vanished. Many people before Euclid were essential in his collaboration of works and ideas to create the Elements To tell the story of Euclid is in some ways to tell a story of Greek math, thus our exploration begins with Thales of Miletus (624 - 547 B.C.E.), who is the first mathematician mentioned in Eudemus of Rhodes' formal history, written around 320 B.C.E. Pythagoras (572 - 497 B.C.E.), famed for the theorem named after him, of which is probably the most interesting of all ancient mathematicians. His group of disciples, known as the Pythagoreans, believed all is number; number is the substance of all things. Hippocrates of Chios (c. 5th century B.C.E.) was one of the greatest geometers of antquity. He is credited with writing a text which is arguably contained in most of Book I of the

36. - Great Books - Chalcis. eudemus of rhodes also had some claims to this position, and Aristoxenusis said to have resented Aristotle's choice. Theophrastus http://www.malaspina.com/site/person_1119.asp

Theophrastus (c. 371 BC-287 BC) Theophrastus, the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school, a native of Eresus in Lesbos, was born c. 372 BC. His original name was Tyrtamus, but he later became known by the nickname "Theophrastus," given to him, it is said, by Aristotle to indicate the grace of his conversation. After receiving his first introduction to philosophy in Lesbos from one Leucippus or Alcippus, he proceeded to Athens, and became a member of the Platonic circle. After Plato 's death he attached himself to Aristotle , and in all probability accompanied him to Stagira. The intimate friendship of Theophrastus with Callisthenes, the fellow-pupil of Alexander the Great , the mention made in his will of an estate belonging to him at Stagira, and the repeated notices of the town and its museum in the History of Plants, are facts which point to this conclusion. Aristotle in his will made him guardian of his children, bequeathed to him his library and the originals of his works, and designated him as his successor at the Lyceum on his own removal to Chalcis. Eudemus of Rhodes also had some claims to this position, and Aristoxenus is said to have resented Aristotle 's choice. Theophrastus presided over the Peripatetic school for thirty-five years, and died in 287 BC. Under his guidance the school flourished greatly - there were at one period more than 2000 studentsand at his death he bequeathed to it his garden with house and colonnades as a permanent seat of instruction.

37. Neuerwerbungslisten 10/2002 / Seminar Für Klassische Philologie eudemus of rhodes/ editors István Bodnár - New Brunswick ua Transaction Publ., 2002. http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/helios/nel_inst/00/KP/2002_10_54.html

Neuerwerbungen im Oktober 2002 Universität Heidelberg Stand: 04.11.2002, 10:46 Zahl der Neuerwerbungen: 54 ISBN 3-7661-5214-9 Rb 78/750, 4 Acosta-Hughes, Benjamin: Polyeideia : the "Iambi" of Callimachus and the archaic Iambic tradition / Benjamin Acosta-Hughes. - Berkeley [u.a.] : University of California Press, 2002. - XV, 351 S. - (Hellenistic culture and society ; 35) (The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature) Text teilw. engl., teilw. griech. - Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 0-520-22060-9 Cb 27/450 ISBN 3-7661-5211-4 Rb 78/750, 1 Aristoteles: Lizenzausg. d. Akad.-Verl. (20)Bd. 20. Fragmente Augustinus, Aurelius: ISBN 3-7873-1610-8 Ed 8/350 Bd. 20. Fragmente ISBN 3-534-02007-3 Cd 8/202, 20.3 Includes bibliographical references and index. - Essays u. Kommentar engl., Hymnen griech. in griech. Schrift u. engl. - Einheitssacht. d. komment. Werkes: Hymni. - Teilw. zugl.: Leiden, Univ., Diss., 2000 ISBN 90-04-12236-2 Cd 78/822 ISBN 90-04-12147-1 Dd 25/275 Brisson, Luc:

38. Index Of Ancient Greek Philosophers-Scientists eudemus of rhodes (340 BC). Student of Aristotle. Wrote the History of Mathematics,which is lost, and the History of Astronomy. Conon (Samos, 283222 BC). http://www.ics.forth.gr/~vsiris/ancient_greeks/hellinistic_period.html

Hellinistic/Alexandrian period (4th century B.C. - 5th century A.D.) This period marking advances in astronomy, mathematics and medicine. Hellinistic refers to the Greeks and others who lived after Alexander the Great's conquests, during which there existed a mixture of civilizations. Important schools of this period include Epicurianism, Stoiciscm , and Skeptisicm Philosophers-Scientists Epicurus of Samos (341-270 B.C.). Founder of the philosophical school of Epicurianism which, similar to the Atomists, believed that atoms are fundamental parts of the real world. Believed that fate was governed by laws of nature and not some mysterious gods. Straton (Lambsacus, 340-290 B.C.). Greek physicist. Conducted experiments leading him to discover that bodies accelerate when they fall. However, erroneously, he also believes that heavier bodies fall faster. Also studied the lever, but does not find it's law. His work emphasizes the use of experimentation for scientific research. Lived in Alexandria, then moved to Athens to head the Aristitle's Lyceum after Theophrastos. Zenon of Citius (4th century B.C.).

39. Index Of Ancient Greek Scientists eudemus of rhodes (340 BC). Wrote the History of Mathematics, which is lost however.Eudoxus of Cnidus (408360 BC). Greek astronomer and mathematician. http://www.ics.forth.gr/~vsiris/ancient_greeks/whole_list.html

not complete Agatharchos. Greek mathematician. Discovered the laws of perspectives. Anaxagoras of Clazomenae (480-430 B.C.). Greek philosopher. Believed that a large number of seeds make up the properties of materials, that heavenly bodies are made up of the same materials as Earth and that the sun is a large, hot, glowing rock. Discovered that the moon reflected light and formulated the correct theory for the eclipses. Erroneously believed that the Earth was flat. Links: Anaxagoras of Clazomenae, MIT Anaximander (610-545 B.C.). Greek astronomer and philosopher, pupil of Thales. Introduced the apeiron (infinity). Formulated a theory of origin and evolution of life, according to which life originated in the sea from the moist element which evaporated from the sun ( On Nature ). Was the first to model the Earth according to scientific principles. According to him, the Earth was a cylinder with a north-south curvature, suspended freely in space, and the stars where attached to a sphere that rotated around Earth. Links: Anaximander, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

40. Zurvanism The same scheme of things appears in the account of Zoroastrianism attributed toeudemus of rhodes, in which Space or Time produces light and darkness first http://www.farvardyn.com/zurvan3.htm

powered by FreeFind Home About Support ... Contact Aberrant Versions of the Zurvanite Myth Before we pass on to this philosophical synthesis, however, we must say something of some variant forms of Zurvanism which have left traces in the Pahlavi books and are also attested in non-Zoroastrian writers. The starting point of the Zurvanite cosmology is closely akin to that of the cosmologies we find in the Upanishads in India. In the beginning is the undifferentiable One from which all duality and all pairs of opposites proceed. From it proceed not only light and darkness, good and evil, hot and cold, moist and dry, but also that most basic of all polarities -the polarity of male and female. Zurvan himself was originally bisexual; and his full name may well have been Zurvan i Khwashkhwarrik , 'Zurvan whose Khwarenah or fortune is fair'; for a person of the name of Khwashkhwarrik is once said to be the mother of Ohrmazd and Ahriman. This, however, denotes no absolute differentiation of sex, for even those sources which speak of a mother's womb in which the twins are contained later speak of Zurvan as father and mother: as Zurvan he is father, as Khwashkhwarrik he is mother.

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