DRM100Y1 Lecture 1: Lecture Notes Semester 1 pdf
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Ontology = greek/ ontos/ being / discourse on being/ study of being. Epistemology = greek/ episeme/ knowledge and understanding / discourse on knowledge/ study of knowledge. Even though be come to known them through different means. People would drink, chat, movie in and out and therefore the actors and the writing would often have repeated lines to ensure everyone heard and could follow the play. Terms from the greeks: theatre = seeing place , drama = a doing , music = of the muses , dialogue = double speech , dues ex machina = god out of the machine . Plays were written at the time when the egypt empire fell & the persian empire ^ Lil history: 540-520bce [peisistratos, tyrant/king of athens, creates dionysia] 510-508bce [hippias is overthrown, cleisthenes establishes athenian demoracy: demos = the people, democracy = rule by the people. ***athens demo is true for every citizen, problem is only white rich males are considered citizens.