PHL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Arche, Ostracon, Ancient Greek Philosophy

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Speaking to gods has to come out in poetic or ritual form. What happens in nature, happens as efficiently as anything can. Greeks adopted gods to represent things in nature (eg. poseidon, the god of water) Gods are referred to throughout greek philosophy. Were not subjected to a set of laws. 4th and 5th century bc - classical greece. Plato integrates different aspects of philosophy while looking at specific issues/circumstances (eg. metaphysics, ethics, etc. ) Objective was to find out where this harmony came from. Iliad - falling out of harmony into warfare to find that harmony again. How people relate to one another (eg. farmers to artisans) How the world beyond humans is organized. What his work did was bring about literacy. With literacy comes circumspection (meaning looking around) Rather than just observing, we began to write and think about others as opposed to just ourselves. Creation of the olympiad - 753 bc (first olympic games)

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