HIS 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Cosmopolitanism

• School: St. John's University
• Department: HIS - HISTORY
• Course: HIS 1001
• Professor: Mauricio Borrero

Document Summary

The cosmopolitan spirit of the early roman stoic philosophers. It was similar to greek philosophy, however there were differences which deserve to be recognized. Idea to think about: why do we care more about americans than other people in the world: we share a history, a(cid:374)d ideally (cid:449)e(cid:859)d share si(cid:373)ilar (cid:271)eliefs/(cid:448)alues. If (cid:449)e (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t e(cid:374)sure the su(cid:272)(cid:272)ess of our (cid:272)ou(cid:374)try ho(cid:449) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:449)e e(cid:374)sure the success of others. Is it justified: not really, we are all hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:271)ei(cid:374)gs, a(cid:374)d (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g (cid:271)or(cid:374) so(cid:373)e(cid:449)here does(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:373)ake you (cid:271)etter or worse than anyone else. Plutarch: we should think of ourselves as one large community, we should(cid:374)(cid:859)t ide(cid:374)tify as a person of a certain region. Seneca the younger (1 65 ce: there are two different communities, 1) community of the universe, prioritized over second community, 2) community one is born into, everyone is always part of a community.