HIST 1520 Lecture Notes - Athens A, Nationstates, Politeia
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8th - 7th c. greeks: on epic meter (based on dactylic hexameters, dactyl = nger (_vv vowels, on western writing sets mesopotamia > semitic alphabets; greek adoption: Materialist philosophers: thales of miletus (h2o: looked at astronomy to tell about the olives that the olive presses would be needed in spring, so gets a loan for presses, and rents them out when in demand. Form and number: pythagoras: he tetraktys: curd pp 68-69, #7 achilles paradox, greek natural philosopher active in southern italy. The persian wars, the persian point of view. 4. and gets expressed. the general will, everyone feels the same sensation and thought at the same time, it can be felt in democracy: as equilateral triangle, as right triangle. Pythagoreans: continue greek philosophy of nature: reality = form, and number, not material substance, compare heraclitus, curd, pp. Athenian democracy: polis, city-state, politeia, constitution, politai, citizens (male citizens, kratia, rule.
