PMID- 20013739
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100422
LR  - 20181201
IS  - 1121-8428 (Print)
IS  - 1121-8428 (Linking)
VI  - 22 Suppl 14
DP  - 2009 Nov-Dec
TI  - The nature of water: Greek thought from Homer to Acusilaos.
PG  - 92-7
AB  - Greek philosophy finds its roots in the myth of Homer's and Hesiod's poems and 
      especially in Orphism which introduced the concept of a soul separated from the 
      body with an independent principle, psiche (soul), to be rewarded or punished 
      after death. Orphism was an important step in Greek culture. It introduced the 
      divine into man, the soul which does not die with the body and reincarnates. From 
      Orphism started the need of rituals capable of separating the spirit from the 
      body. From Homer to Acusilaos, water was a very important element which connected 
      humans and gods, long before Thales of Miletus defined it the arche.
FAU - De Santo, Rosa Maria
AU  - De Santo RM
AD  - Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici, Naples, Italy. bluetoblue@libero.it
FAU - Bisaccia, Carmela
AU  - Bisaccia C
FAU - Cirillo, Massimo
AU  - Cirillo M
FAU - Pollastro, Rosa Maria
AU  - Pollastro RM
FAU - Raiola, Ilaria
AU  - Raiola I
FAU - De Santo, Luca Salvatore
AU  - De Santo LS
LA  - eng
PT  - Biography
PT  - Historical Article
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Portrait
PL  - Italy
TA  - J Nephrol
JT  - Journal of nephrology
JID - 9012268
RN  - 059QF0KO0R (Water)
SB  - IM
MH  - Greek World/*history
MH  - History, Ancient
MH  - *Mythology
MH  - *Water
PS  - Homer
FPS - Homer
PS  - Pherecydes
FPS - Pherecydes
PS  - Hesiod
FPS - Hesiod
EDAT- 2009/12/17 06:00
MHDA- 2010/04/23 06:00
CRDT- 2009/12/17 06:00
PHST- 2009/12/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/12/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/04/23 06:00 [medline]
AID - 58640577-EC9B-4278-8BAB-4A964586CD2E [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Nephrol. 2009 Nov-Dec;22 Suppl 14:92-7.