HIST 121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Lightning, Cronus, Xenophanes
6 Dec 2016
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Hebrew: found in genesis, world created by god: world broken and changed by humanity"s wrong choices, claims origin in direct divine revelation, nature was creation, ordered by god. Most concerned with ethical problems, relationship between god and humanity. Greek: to understand nature, used categories of thought taken from myth. God created world, let there be light . God created man, eden, tree of knowledge of good and evil. Men tried to build a city, one language tower of babel: god confused the language and dispersed people. Moses instructed egyptians by the will of god. Greek gods creating world: void, earth, eros. Cronus swallowed children to prevent kingship passing. Zeus made many races of mortal men. One will never truly know about the gods. First-principle is water: gods swore oaths by the river styx. Brought science back into greece, investigation of nature. Fire is basic element; all things are interchangeable.
