AR104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Archiac, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Pre-Socratic Philosophy
6 Jun 2013
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Polis (city state: rulers are no longer kings, people representing citizens, has been created, run by representatives, social reorganization. Land owners are getting larger, surrounds the city (attica) Sent out to various parts of the mediterranean: once you leave mother city (metropolis), you never come back, the people who leave are chosen by elective officials. South of france, city of marcais: founded by ancient greek colonies. A lot of people wanted to run their cities the same way. Hesiod: the works and days: writing about archiac period, ordinary life, first record of what life was like, work, farming is important. Things we don"t really think about: gave great deal of moral value to work. Work = morality: drastic change, no longer the world we are used to with homer, only mentions the real life not the gods etc, philosophy. Major shift in mind set: now able to talk about various ideas.
