E 232 Lecture Notes - Monism, Immanence, Teleology
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Greek mainland invaded by indo-european groups (acheans, ionians) 1170 trojan expedition: beginning of epic sagas. Development of local order, monarchy, brute force, tyrannies. 850 750: homeric age (iliad, odyssey, epic poetry) 800 500: development of greek city-state (polis) Creation of common language creation of festivals development of hero worship. City-states continue to grow, religion redefined (establishment of olympian gods) 650 500: solon (introduction of democratic principle), pre-socratic philosophers. 492 479: persian wars: athens defeated persians at marathon (490) Great philosophers, scientists; literary figures (poets, playwrights, tragedy), historians, artists/sculptors. 431 404: peloponnesian wars: sparta defeated athens (adverse effects on all) Tells us how a reality came into existence. Terms are organized into the four major headings of philosophy: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics. Philosophy: the discipline that attempts to present a systematic and complete view of all reality (literally, love of wisdom ) Metaphysics: the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of ultimate reality, substance, or being.
