- by
several Gr**** authors.
There were also
gymnosophists in
Upper Egypt who were
called Ethiopian Gymnosophists by
Apollonius of Tyana. In Gr**** literature...
-
geographer Strabo.
Early advocates of
naked yoga in
modern times include the
gymnosophists such as
Blanche de Vries, and the
actress and
dancer Marguerite Agniel...
- the
Great on his
Indian campaign, "so that he even went as far as the
Gymnosophists in
India and the Magi" in Persia.
Returning to Elis, he
lived in poor...
- Alexander,
saying that man's
desire cannot be
satisfied by such gifts. The
gymnosophists believed that even if
Alexander killed them "they
would be delivered...
- was guru of Kalanos, the
noted gymnosophist, who
accompanied Alexander to Persis. When
Alexander met some
gymnosophists, who were of
trouble to him, he...
- in
addition to the Egyptians,
Pythagoras also
studied under sages or
gymnosophists in India.
Iamblichus expands this list even
further by
claiming that...
-
where Pyrrho was said to have
studied with the so-called magi and the
gymnosophists. This has led some to
wonder whether he may have been
influenced by...
- had a good deal of
information on
India and Indians. He
speaks of the
Gymnosophists of India, the
Indian Ocean, the
river Ganges etc., a
number of times...
- Sādhu of the
present half
cycle of time (avasarpini). The
presence of
gymnosophists (naked philosophers) in Gr****
records as
early as the
fourth century...
-
Indian philosophers who
pursued asceticism,
generally described as
gymnosophists ("naked philosophers").
Pyrrho returned to
Greece and
founded Pyrrhonism...
