CL101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Agnosticism, Ringfort, Atheism
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Political philosophy, ethics, metaphsyics, ontology, logic, biology, rhetoric, aesthetics. Abandoned notion that fundamental to life the consent of the gods. From a very early time period they were independent, and needed to reply on themselves not the gods. Realm of the gods to explain why things happen the way they do. These allow for doubt in greek not want to do things to upset the gods. Need some type of tradition (religion) to guard you from the rath of the guards. Very specific power structure; mindset that understands power quite well thinking. Change is needed for life to be lived fully. Shift away from mythical to scientific ideas. If you ask a good question that the person who has power over you cannot answer reduces their power. Greeks change the notion of religion, an understanding of the cosmos as governed by principles and structures that can be interpreted as divine. Reality is being given a human explanation.
