Aitia The Greek word aitia (or aition ) derives from the adjective aitios , meaning "responsible," and functions as such as early as the Homeric poems. It was originally applied to agents, and only later does it come to qualify...

. Movement founded by Zeno of Citium (c.336-c.264 BC; different from Zeno the ELEATIC), and named from the porch (‘stoa’) in Athens where he taught. Stoics treated knowledge under three heads: logic, physics, ethics. They developed...

Stoicism Stoicism was a philosophical movement founded in Athens in the late fourth century BCE by Zeno of Citium. Although Stoicism was shaped by many philosophical influences (including the thought of Heraclitus), it was throughout its history an...

STOICISM is a philosophy related to the ancient Greek Stoic school, which took its name from the painted "porch" (stoa) on the northern side of the Athenian Agora (now ruins partially excavated along Hadrianos Street), where teachers and...

Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy, founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early third century BC. It proved to be a popular and durable philosophy, with a following throughout Greece and the Roman Empire from its founding until all the...

Ulrich Muehe, the German actor who captivated movie audiences with his performance as a Stasi agent in the Oscar-winning film "The Lives of Others," has died. He was 54.Muehe died Sunday of stomach cancer in Walbeck, Germany, the town's mayor, Brunhilde Vucke, told The Associated...

All the travel, all the tournaments and all the titles, and not one trip for Pete Sampras to his ancestral homeland _ until now. The retired 14-time Grand Slam champion finally has come to Greece _ for tennis and for personal reasons."This is about sharing...

Laszlo KovacsBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) _ Laszlo Kovacs, a Hungarian refugee and master cinematographer whose stylistic inventions transformed cinema with such movies as "Easy Rider" and "Five Easy Pieces," has died. He was 74.Kovacs died Sunday in his sleep, said his wife, Audrey Kovacs.Laszlo Kovacs...

A second drill slowly bored closer toward the presumed location of six workers trapped after a mine collapse in Utah, the latest in a series of frantic efforts to save the men deep inside a mountain.Mine officials revealed Friday that a smaller drill carrying a...