Several instances of popular etymology are attested from ancient authors.

Several of the extinct Baltic languages have a limited or nonexistent written record, their existence being known only from the records of ancient historians and personal or place names.

Several patterns of linking the rings together have been known since ancient times, with the most common being the 4-to-1 pattern ( where each ring is linked with four others ).

Several ancient writers, such as Pliny the Elder and Scribonius Largus, attested to the numbing effect of electric shocks delivered by catfish and torpedo rays, and knew that such shocks could travel along conducting objects.

Several other ancient churches in Eastern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa also use Orthodox, but are distinct from the Orthodox Church as described in this article.

Several ancient texts purporting to be the missing " Epistle to the Laodiceans " have been known to have existed, most of which are now lost.

Several ancient written precursors to Hamlet can be identified.

Several analog computers were constructed in ancient and medieval times to perform astronomical calculations.

Several breeds of sheep were established in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt by 3500 – 3000 BC.

Several versions of this myth have survived from ancient sources.

Several historians have conjectured that this was the most commonly used method in ancient warfare due to its practicality.

Several linguists unsuccessfully attempted to decipher the writing hoping to discover the ancient Prussian writing system.

Several talmudic sources indicating ancient Jewish practice refer to the use of small pebbles, often carried in a special bag, and also to the use of dry grass and of the smooth edges of broken pottery jugs ( e. g., Shabbat 81a, 82a, Yevamot 59b ).

Several ancient Russian towns, such as Suzdal, Yelets, and Pereslavl-Zalessky, have their main square named Krasnaya ploshchad.

Several different versions of Phineus's parentage were presented in ancient texts.

Several of Ceres ' ancient Italic precursors are connected to human fertility and motherhood ; the Pelignan goddess Angitia Cerealis has been identified with the Roman goddess Angerona ( associated with childbirth ).

Several ancient writers give figures for one or both of the armies but unfortunately they are contradictory and in some cases unbelievable.

Several ancient philosophers, including Heraclides Ponticus, wrote commentaries on the cult of Trophonios that are now sadly lost.

Several persons named Heliodorus are known to us from ancient times, the best known of which are:

Several ancient chiefdoms and kingdoms, such as The 4th century BC League of Corinth, Noricum in Central Europe, and the Iroquois in pre-Columbian North America, could be described as federations or confederations.

Several experiments moving megaliths with ancient technology were made at other locations – some of them are listed here.

Several significant ancient Mayan sites are extant in ruined form in the Toledo District.

Several ancient societies built impressive mathematical systems and carried out complex calculations based on proofless heuristics and practical approaches.

Several notable persons of the ancient world were named Antipater, Antipatros ( from, literally meaning " like the father "):

; Epiphenomenon / zombie reply: Several philosophers argue that consciousness, as Searle describes it, does not exist.

Several pre-Socratic philosophers believed the world to be flat: Thales ( c. 550 BC ) according to several sources,

Several of his students ( e. g. Morteza Motahhari ) later became leading Islamic philosophers and also marja.

Several philosophers have argued that just as there exists a problem of evil for theists who believe in an omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent being, so too is there a problem of good for anyone who believes in an omniscient, omnipotent, and omnimalevolent ( or perfectly evil ) being.

Several of Gauthier's students are now important moral, political, and legal philosophers in the United States and Canada.

Several philosophers have tried to resolve the Carroll paradox.

Several philosophers and historians of science have, however, argued that Popper's definition of theory as a set of falsifiable statements is wrong because, as Philip Kitcher has pointed out, if one took a strictly Popperian view of " theory ", observations of Uranus when first discovered in 1781 would have " falsified " Newton's celestial mechanics.

Several philosophers in India combined religion and traditional medicine — notable examples being that of Hinduism and ayurveda.

Several notable philosophers criticised a belief in the gods.

Several philosophers, such as Pyrrho, Anaxarchus and Onesicritus, are said to have been selected by Alexander to accompany him in his eastern campaigns.

Several philosophers have criticized these examples ( Michael Tye, Fred Dretske ), claiming that the supposed extra quality can indeed be captured in terms of intentional content.

Several philosophers and scientists have focused on the philosophy of chemistry in recent years, notably, the Dutch philosopher Jaap van Brakel, who wrote The Philosophy of Chemistry in 2000, and the Maltese philosopher-chemist Eric Scerri, editor of the journal " Foundations of Chemistry " and author of Normative and Descriptive Philosophy of Science and the Role of Chemistry in Philosophy of Chemistry, 2004, among other articles.

Several philosophers have offered criticisms of experimental philosophy.

Several leading political philosophers consider Drury's attacks on Strauss and his followers to be unfounded.

Several of Raz's students have become important legal and moral philosophers, including the two current Professors in Jurisprudence at Oxford, John Gardner and Leslie Green.

Several prominent scientists, philosophers, and bloggers have been interviewed for the site.

Several eminent physicists and philosophers had to publish their material there — including the Irish physicist John Bell, the originator of Bell's theorem — as well as Sarfatti and other members of the Physics-Consciousness Research Group.