ACS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Firth
12 Jan 2017
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He was first to look to logic and hesiod = all gods create the=other gods. Why did these ideas develop why are they important? shifts in thought new influence new experiences. Growth in science and philosophy based on rational thought. Movement from myth (gods) to rational explanation. Arkhe = firth thing, origin, foundations, principle (word archeology comes from this word) Patriotic societies - citizens are viewed as heroic rather than beings dying for your country in pericles. Democracy - for the people rather than appealing to what the gods want you appeal to the wellbeing of the society. Democracy the lack in divine rulership allowed for the system to be put in place. Within the polis there was an emphasis on what it is to be human. Gave a new way of thinking about a more rational law. Euthyphro what is a pious man? there is no answer so religion is abstract and law isn"t.
