CLAS201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Xenophanes, Physis, Averroes
2 Dec 2012
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Philosophy = love of wisdom : greek term. He again wonders what the primary physical element is of the earth. He says it is to apeiron: the basic constituent must be without limit (since the universe is without limit, it itself must be without limit) The physical element might be something you can"t see or experience. Proposed there are infinite worlds (our world is just one of many) Xenophanes (of colophon): says we tend to see god in a way we see our physique, etc. (that"s wrong! ; ex. diff peoples depiction of god are different ex. black jesus, asian jesus, etc. : this is wrong b/c ultimately god is one. We can make sense of this turmoil: his symbol for the world is a strung bow (bow is in a state of tension, but of stability) 2 opposing forces balance each other out: his conclusion: ultimately i know i"m here because i"m thinking (i think, therefore i am)
