CLA 2380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Anaximander, Making Money

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 2380
• Professor: Efharis Kostala

Document Summary

Birth of greek philosophy lecture 2 (sept/11th) Thales contributed a lot, including geometry and architecture such as measuring the great pyramids. Thales is known to be the first know greek philosophers. The reason that it is a serving girl, is that she has practical knowledge such as cleaning and cooking, so it creates a contrast between her and thales, a great figure. Since socrates wrote these dialogs about thales, he tries to praise him. Thales motivation was to gain knowledge, and escape ignorance for his own sake, according to. The point is that philosophers can be wealthy if they wanted to, them having great knowledge of many things. But that is not their true motivation, they are not interested in practical material or making money, but more of gaining knowledge and getting answers. Thales emphasizes the importance of water, as it is the foundation of everything, everything is built around it and from it.