PHIL 1000H Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Friedrich Nietzsche, Aporia, Riddler
4 Apr 2016
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The greeks taught us to think about thinking (an idea by w. h. Science, psychology, morality, art, architecture, are very small ideas developed by greece due to the big bang (similar to the axial defined by. Cultural historian (19th century), jacob burckhardt wrote of the history in. We should try to preserve anything possible for a living feeling of the greeks. We need to know more than dates, but ideas or living feelings for characters of philosophy. He also notes that they suffer as much as they succeed, he finds they are conscious of their genius and their feelings. He realizes their imperfections, but note the frontiers and standards they founded. He also modernly compares our civilization to greece. Bernard williams, wrote a famous essay the legacy of greek philosophy . The legacy of greece to western philosophy is western philosophy . They invented two important topics of logic and epistemology (important to this course)
