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单词 gymnosophist
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There was a tradition that Pythagoras had himself penetrated to India, and learnt philosophy from the gymnosophists. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z
So much of truth is got from being a gymnosophist and regarding your own toes with aloof abstraction on a sunny Christmas morning. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z
He travelled through Asia and visited Nineveh, Babylon and India, imbibing the oriental mysticism of magi, Brahmans and gymnosophists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral"
From his use of the word gymnosophist it is probable that Megasthenes confounded the Brahmans with the hermits or fakirs; and this explains his statement that any Hindu might become a Brahman. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli"
Among these Brahmins he sought out the gymnosophists. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura
As Walter lay awake for a few quiet moments before he sent his thoughts to rest, he glanced critically, like an Indian gymnosophist, over the occurrences of the day. St. Winifred's, or The World of School
But there is this about some women, which overtops the best gymnosophist among men, that they suffice to themselves, and can walk in a high and cold zone without the countenance of any trousered being. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25)
Formerly the Digambara ascetics went naked, and were the gymnosophists of the Greek writers, but now they take off their clothes, if at all, only at meals. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV)
"Not so, O king," replied the gymnosophist, "unless you said falsely that he should die first who made the worst answer." Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans
It is only five years since he appeared on the arena of great reforms, but till then, he lived, entirely secluded, in a jungle, like the ancient gymnosophists mentioned by the Greek and Latin authors. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
But there is this about some women, which overtops the best gymnosophist among men, that they suffice themselves, and can walk in a high and cold zone without the countenance of any trousered being. The Pocket R.L.S., being favourite passages from the works of Stevenson
It is certain that his doctrine notoriously existed at that epoch; it is found entire in that of Orpheus, Pythagoras, and the Indian gymnosophists. The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature
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