PHIL 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-6: Greco-Persian Wars, Xenophanes, Callicles
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Hesiod: theogony; origin all things & the gods. Theogony: origin or birth of the gods. : hesiod claims inspiration from the muses. The odyssey: odysseus going home: troy to ithaca. Homeric gods: care about the honor given them by men. Menelaus: spartan king, helen"s husband: seduced by paris, son of. Agamemnon: menelaus" brother, argos" king & commander of greek forces in their siege of troy. Hubris: arrogant, set self above gods; how to live. Who are we/how we related to the rest of what there is? . All things are full of gods meant that events in the world can be explained in terms of events in the world. One of the many things that needs to be explained. No: must be something that itself has no beginning, we can call this the infinite or the boundless. Boundless: out of which all things come assumes that: observable features of the world need explaining.
