PP111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cosmogony, Theogony, Materialism
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Constancy and flux: birth of philosophy, pre-socratics : materialism, pre-socratics : idealism, plato"s forms. The birth of philosophy: some key terms. Theology : from theos" (god or religion) and logia" (science of study) - the science of god or religion. Theogony : from theos" and gonia" (origin or begetting) - the origin of god or gods. Cosmology : from kosmos" (world or oder) and logia" - the science of the world. Cosmogony : from kosmos" and gonia" - the origin of the world. Before philosophy: hesiod (c 700 bce) - writes the theogony. A theogony and theology: chaos forms and egg in its belly, from which emerge the first deities. Four key points: these are meant to be accounts of how nature works. The contrast to philosophy: rejection of all appeal to the gods tp explain how the world came to be.
