A people is a group of individuals who belong to and function within a particular society. In common usage, the term people may be synonymous with human, or otherwise may carry an exclusive meaning. In general, the word people is a collective noun used to define a specific group of humans. However, when used to refer to a group of humans possessing a common ethnic, cultural or national unitary characteristic or identity, "people" is a singular noun, and as such takes an "s" in the plural; (example: "the English-speaking peoples of the world").
The concept of personhood (who is a person within a society) is the fundamental component of any selective concept of people. A distinction is maintained in philosophy and law between the notions "human being", or "man", and "person". The former refers to the species, while the latter refers to a rational agent (see, for example, John Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding II 27 and Immanuel Kant's Introduction to the Metaphysic of Morals).
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Anaxagoras - An encyclopedia article on a philosopher
Anthemius of Tralles - A brief biography of a mathematician and an architect.
Anyte and the Muses - Contributions of a poet.
Meta Description: [ Anyte of Tegea wrote about Arcadia pastoral scenes in her innovative Hellenistic epigrams ]
Apollonius of Perga - An article on the writings of a geometer and astronomer of the Alexandrian school.
Aspasia - Her influence upon great men.
Aspasia of Miletus - Ancient female philosopher and teacher of Athens.
Meta Description: [ Aspasia of Miletus was the very influential mistress of Pericles and a philosopher to the philosophers. ]
Corinna - Brief biography of the female poet.
Demosthenes - His troubles as an orator
Meta Description: [ Demosthenes was a famous Greek orator known for writing the Phillipics. ]
Diocles - A brief article on a Greek mathematician and geometer.
Eratosthenes - Life and works of a mathematician, geographer and astronomer.
Korinna - Biographical information on the fifth century Boeotian poet.
Meta Description: [ While we don't know when Korinna was born or even which century, it seems likely she was a contemporary of Pindar's, i.e., fifth century B.C. ]
Lycurgus - Story as written by Plutarch in 75 A.C.E., and translated by John Dryden
Meta Description: [ Lycurgus by Plutarch, part of the Internet Classics Archive ]
Pappus of Alexandria - An article on the works of a mathematician.
Posidonius - Biographical article on a philosopher, politician, astronomer, geographer, historian, and teacher.
Praxiteles - Brief biography on the artist.
Solon of Athens - Excerpts from writings of various ancient authors.
The Beginning of Philip of Macedon's Reign - A portion of the works of Justin, 3rd Century C.E.
The Great Rhetra - Life of Lycurgus of Sparta as written by Plutarch.
Women in Medicine - Article on Agnodice who disguised herself as a man to become a doctor.
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