which philosopher ?

Perhaps someone may know it off the top of their head.

Do you recall the name of the diety? From which period they were from at least? If it's important I'd find the name and do a book search under philosophy with it in the search parameters.

Reply to canday Was it Bertrand Russel by any chance?

I had read a long time ago. If I remember correctly, the event took place in the Middle Ages. I'm preparing for an exam right now, so it got stuck in my head.

It is not Bertrand Russel.

Try books.google.com the more specific and most importantly unique words you remember the better. It was a physical book? Do you remember how it looked? The color I guess? If it was popular enough that could be helpful.

I tried ,but it didn't work.

Hm. Again the name of the divine figure you said was in one of the titles? Do you remember that? Was she Roman, Greek.. what? If you know that you can Wiki a list and find that name at least by familiarity.

I think it was a Greek.

So. I dunno maybe you could web search Greek goddesses on Wikipedia and if you recall the name, either go from there or post it here and shoot I'd give it a go.

OK, thanks..

No but they have a list. Of all of them. Make sure you find the "list" page. And it should, being unique and memorable enough to you, be familiar. And if you're certain that name was in a title of a book written by the author you're searching for, it'd be exponentially more easy to find with a few adequately tailored search phrases.

I mean hey who knows maybe someone knows exactly who you're talking about and will post in a few minutes or hours. If not, yeah, better than nothing.

I dunno about the soliders but the Goddess... could it be Boethius?

Unfortunately..Boethius is a philosopher but not a goddess.

It was a Dutch philosopher as far as I remember.

Erasmus?

Spinoza?

No, they're not.

Reply to canday List of dutch philosophers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Dutch_philosophers