PHILOSOPHY

(See also Philosophers; Wisdom)

asceticism: g97 10/8 20-21

attack on belief in God (19th century): sh 332-333

belief that truth is unattainable: w95 4/15 3-5; w95 7/1 4

China: sh 163-164

Taoism: sh 164-169

conflicting moral views: w04 12/1 5; g90 6/8 7

danger of worldly: w20.07 21-22; w19.06 6; w01 8/1 8; rs 289-290; w88 6/15 18-19; w87 2/1 28-29

apologists of 2nd century: w10 6/1 29-31

Colossian congregation (Col 2:8): it-2 634; w98 6/1 12-13

war: g02 8/8 4-6, 8-11

discussion: rs 288-292

Enlightenment movement (17th-18th centuries): w06 7/1 3-4; g89 10/8 21-22

Greece (ancient): it-1 1000

Cynics: w00 7/15 21-22

Epicureans: bt 141, 144; it-1 755-756, 1000; it-2 634; nwt 1697; w07 10/15 3; g05 8/22 26; ct 74; w97 8/15 12; w97 11/1 23-25; w89 2/15 5; w88 6/15 18

immortality of the soul: g 2/13 12-13; w11 7/1 6; w09 11/1 4; w98 7/1 10-12; ie 5; w96 8/1 6; w90 5/1 22; rs 379

influence on Christendom: w12 1/15 6; w10 6/1 30; w09 8/15 12-13; w09 11/1 3; w01 4/15 19-20; w99 4/1 13; w99 8/15 10-13; w98 7/1 10-13; ie 14-16; w96 8/1 7-8; jv 36-38; w90 5/1 22; sh 263-266; g89 6/22 27; g88 7/8 9-10

influence on Judaism: it-1 1003-1004; w99 4/1 12-13; w99 8/15 11; w96 8/1 6; sh 212-214, 216; g90 7/8 13; g88 7/8 9

influence on Origen: w01 7/15 30-31

no hope: w92 9/15 21

Skeptics: it-1 1000

Sophists: it-1 1000; w04 12/1 5

soul: it-2 1004-1005, 1036; w95 3/1 29; jv 36-38

Stoics: bt 141, 144; it-1 1000; it-2 634, 1035-1036; nwt 1713; ct 74; w89 2/15 5

trinity: w99 8/15 13; jv 36; sh 264; rs 51, 406; ti 11-12; g88 12/22 21

meaning of term: w95 4/15 3; rs 288; g89 10/8 21

philosophies by name: w95 4/15 5

philosophy and religion are irreconcilable (quote): g89 10/8 21

superiority of Bible: rs 288-292