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  Kalos Kagathos -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Kalos Kagathos -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Kalos Kagathos or kalokagathos is the combination of two words; “kalos” and “agathos”.
It was an ideal that Homeric Greek culture strove to obtain.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ka/kalos_kagathos.htm   (306 words)

  
 Glossary
Kalos and agathos occur together in Luke 8:15, an “honest” (kalos) heart, i.e., the attitude of which is right towards God; a “good” (agathos) heart, i.e., one that, instead of working ill to a neighbour, acts beneficially towards him.
The kalos kagathos is a worthy citizen who has become such by instruction in virtue.
The influence of philosophical thinking on political life may be seen in the orators, e.g., Demosthenes, for whom the kalos kagathos is the ideal politician who considers only the public welfare and not his own interests or enmities.
www.bibletexts.com /glossary/good.htm   (4999 words)

  
 Student Impact Award
The Student Journalist Impact Award was conceived, administered and grant-funded as a collaborative endeavor of the Journalism Education Association and the Kalos Kagathos Foundation.
The Kalos Kagathos Foundation, which traditionally underwrites projects in the areas of arts and athletics, approached JEA in 1993 about supporting student investigative reporting.
Founded in the 1950s as a private, non-profit, family foundation administered by Bruce S. Hopping, the Kalos Kagathos Foundation was conceived to foster the ancient Greek teaching philosophy - the integration of mind, body and spirit.
www.jea.org /awards/impact.html   (719 words)

  
 USMS History - History of Masters Swimming, by Ransom Arthur, M.D.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He offered the use of the Amarillo Aquatic Club facility in Amarillo, TX for the first meet to be held in May 1970.
We also had the encouragement of Bruce Hopping, Chairman and Founder of the Kalos Kagathos Foundation of Laguna Beach, CA.
There were many, many obstacles to overcome, and for a variety of reasons the entry forms did not go out until about two months before the meet.
www.usms.org /swimgold/hist/histraar.htm   (541 words)

  
 USMS History - A History of Oregon Masters Swimming: 1971   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Along came encouragement from John Spannuth, who offered the use of the Amarillo Aquatic Club facility for the first national championships.
Encouragement was also forthcoming from Bruce Hopping, Chair and Founder of the Kalos Kagathos Foundation of Laguna Beach, CA.
Overcoming the many obstacles, they finally got the entry blanks out and with a total of 45 swimmers, held the first Nationals at Amarillo, Texas.
www.usms.org /swimgold/hist/historyor71.htm   (293 words)

  
 The Tufts Observer Online - Opinion - A Sunday in the Louvre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He was apparently oblivious to the sign in at least six foreign languages right behind where his girlfriend was comically posing.
After attempting to figure out what Plato looked like by mentally reconstructing his face, I noticed a bust of an Athenian that was supposed to represent the idea of kalos kagathos, the combination in a good citizen of both physical and moral beauty.
The statue was very handsome, however the young man putting his head dangerously close to the Athenian nobles’ cheek was not.
www.tuftsobserver.org /opinion/20031004/a_sunday_in_the_louvre.html   (1259 words)

  
 Projekt: Olympischer Sport in der Informationsgesellschaft - Fach: Englisch und Sport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Following this philosophical reference, we can conclude that the Olympic Idea is what qualifies sport exercise in general as a means for educating the whole man as a conscious citizen of the world which is taken to be an inseparable Whole through adherence to ethical principles valid in universal dimensions and at all times.
The Olympic Idea is that exemplary "Principle" or "Idea" which expresses the deeper essence of sport as an authentic educative process through a continuous struggle to create healthy and virtuous man in the highest possible way ("kalos kagathos") in the image of the Olympic winner and athlete.
It denotes as Idea or Movement from essence into a qualitative form of things, the continuous passage from the principles and the deeper meaning of sport into consistent practice, i.e.
www.nok.de /projekt/faecher/englisch/olympia/olympia3.html   (1149 words)

  
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Beauty II (Kalos) "kalos kagathos" -- moral beauty Beauty sleeps, shining on her smiling Adorer.
Adorer fears, "If I look too closely, will Beauty prove to be an illusion?" Beauty proves to be a reality.
Adorer fears, "If I gaze too long, will beauty fade?" Beauty, kalos, is forever.
www.bol.ucla.edu /~nameless/vault/poem28.txt   (135 words)

  
 Analysis of Part III of Montesquieu's Esprit des Lois
The exemplar of this was the citizen (polites) and his private property in land (ousia).
The "man of substance" (kalos kagathos) was the autarchic landholder.
Less substantial men may have possessed moveable property, may have pursued a trade, etc. But they were not typically afforded full citizenship in classical Greece.
www.wright.edu /~gordon.welty/Montesquieu_83.htm   (3519 words)

  
 Greek myths and gods at the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation
KALOS KAGATHOS (A PHRASE ATTACHED TO HUNDREDS OF SURVIVING IMAGES)
Often, Greek images of young, nude males (vase paintings, relief’s, ceramics) bear the simple inscription, “Kalos Kagathos,” which encapsulates the Greek ideal of youthful male beauty.
One of the two greatest sculptors of antiquity (the other was Praxitiles who also had homosexual loves) Phidias so loved one of his models that he inscribed “beautiful Pantarkus” on a finger of his monumental statue of Zeus at Olympia.
www.leslielohman.org /Myths9.htm   (513 words)

  
 ccr981215   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He thanked the City of the undergrounding district, noting it really improved the neighborhood and appreciated the $700 per parcel refund.
Bruce Hopping, Kalos Kagathos Foundation, said the tennis champions are the best resource for immunizing our youth against problems and supported more after-school programs.
Gene Atherton noted the Main Beach Park celebration overlooked John Gabriels' efforts to keep buildings off the park and stressed the importance of Heisler Park.
www.lagunabeachcity.net /government/agenda/1998/12/r981215.htm   (827 words)

  
 [Korean Centennial 1903-2003]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He is currently the President of WHOSAM(who the heck is Sammy Lee), an organization that since 1984 has awarded $1,000.00 each to diving coaches and to divers or volunteers who do not smoke, do drugs, or drink.
A Sammy Lee International Diving Award funded by Kalos Kagathos Foundation has been given out every 4 years since 1987 at the World Aquatic Championships.
It is awarded to the diver or coach who has done more than anyone else to promote the sport of diving.
www.koreancentennial.org /adboard.htm   (737 words)

  
 Classics Log 9408 - Message Number 224   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Perhaps one way of looking for the Latin equivalent of PC would be to go back a bit farther.
It seems to me that a pretty good Greek translation of "a politically correct person" would be *ho kalos kagathos*.
Now there must but numerous passages where Cicero et al.
omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu /mailing_lists/CLA-L/Older/log94/9408/9408.224.html   (121 words)

  
 Body
expresses the character of the "born nobleman." Kalos
Kalos clearly represents a value of the earlier tribal culture of the Greeks.
It reflects a tribal morality rooted in a tribal society that is based upon blood relations and the family.
members.aol.com /drpnvcc/AristNeitzshe.htm   (10702 words)

  
 BlackStudents.com - Scholarships, Internships and More   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
concept administered and grant-funded as a collaborative endeavor of the Journalism Education Association and the Kalos Kagathos Foundation.
Recognizing secondary school students who, through the practice of journalism, have made a significant difference in the lives of others.
The winner will be announced at the JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention.
blackstudents.blacknews.com /opportunities/03-01-05.html   (64 words)

  
 Museum Giftshop - Aquatic Sport Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
If you are looking for the ultimate expression to show your support and pride in a special person, what better way than to invest in a timeless piece of art?
These treasures, commissioned by the Kalos Kagathos Foundation of
Laguna Beach, California, and created by artist Edmond Schumpert, are valued at $1,200 each and are available through ISHOF for a limited time at $595 each or a pair of male and female swimmers for $1099.
www.ishof.org /blocks.html   (167 words)

  
 Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
If you get lost, the telephone number is (954)
Special awards will be presented by the Kalos Kagathos
Foundation, of Laguna Beach CA, to the TOP TWO TEAMS
www.usawaterpolosoutheastzone.com   (237 words)

  
 "Nightmare Abbey" by Thomas Love Peacock
God forbid but a knave should have some countenance at his friend's request.
'Good men and true' was their common term, like the kalos kagathos of the Athenians.
It is so long since men have been either good or true, that it is to be questioned which is most obsolete, the fact or the phraseology.
www.thomaslovepeacock.net /N.Abbey.html   (13468 words)

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