HIST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mos Maiorum, Autarchism, Ataraxia
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Gree(cid:272)e(cid:895) (cid:858)helle(cid:374)isti(cid:272)(cid:859) (cid:894)(cid:858)greek-like): the extension of greek culture to non-greek peoples. Thea(cid:373)ata= (cid:862)thi(cid:374)gs to (cid:271)e see(cid:374)(cid:863: the pyramids of egypt, hanging gardens (babylon, zeus at olympia, temple of artemis (ephesus, mausoleum (halicarnassus, colossus of rhodes, lighthouse of alexandria. Dioge(cid:374)es: (cid:862)the world (cid:894)kosmos) is my polis. (cid:863) (cid:894)cosmopolitan) Diogenes: self- reliance socrates: self-reliance with duties plato: duties. Zeno of citrium: stoics: keyword: autarchia (autarchy, self-control) Epicurius: denied fates: stressed avoidance, keyword: ataraxia (composure, tranquility) Important comparisons: both are reacting to the new world opened by alexander, by the standards of the polis, both philosophies are selfish, also, both posit a world that cannot be understood, much less controlled. 753 bce: romulus and remus; 7 kings. After the fall of troy, aeneas carries his father away. Livy (titus livius), 64 bce- 12 ce (cid:862)fro(cid:373) the fou(cid:374)di(cid:374)g of the city of ro(cid:373)e(cid:863) (cid:894)a(cid:271) ur(cid:271)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)dita(cid:895) Mos maiorum (the way of the elders) **important roman value**
