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Ancient Greece

3 Themes Individualism, Heroism, Rationalism 3 Philosophers Socrates, Plato Aristotle. Ancient Greece. Announcements. Welcome to our first “virtual” class!

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Ancient Greece

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  1. 3 Themes Individualism, Heroism, Rationalism 3 Philosophers Socrates, Plato Aristotle Ancient Greece

  2. Announcements • Welcome to our first “virtual” class! • Please print/download/view either the PDF or the PPT slides to accompany the audio portion of the lecture (MP3). The lecture is about 40 minutes long, and there are about 12-14 slides. • We may have a brief pop quiz on Tue, Feb.19 on this lecture and on the movie you saw on Wed.

  3. Language Fraternity names; beta version; Alpha Omega watches Mathematics Pythagorean theorem; Euclid’s geometry Architecture Neo-classical; columns Drama Tragedy & Comedy; Oedipus Rex, Aristophanes, Sophocles Epic literature Iliad, Odyssey Astronomy Zodiac signs Democracy Assembly; citizens; referendum; ostracism Athletics Olympics; heptathlon; 26.2 miles Cuisine Spanakopita; baklava; gyros Philosophy Plato, Aristotle, rational Legacy of Greece (Classroom summary)

  4. Vocabulary to Know • Polis • Phalanx • Oligarchy • Agora • Hoplite • Philosophy • Acropolis • Helot • Tyrant • ostracism mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu/.../greek_numerals.html

  5. 3 Themes in Classical Greece • Public Life: • Agora; Assembly; Chorus; Male Space • Rationalism • Emphasis upon logic, balance • Aristotle and scientific analysis; Thucydides and historical analysis; • Individualism/Heroism • Homeric heroes; geographic determinism; Sophocles on individual vs. community

  6. Rational > spiritual Natural science and humankind = focus Socratic, Platonist, Aristotelian, Epicurean, Hedonist, Cynic, Stoic, etc. Philosophy

  7. Abstract > divine explanations Archaic (natural) vs. Classical (human) Philosopher = one who seeks knowledge; scholar, thinker “philo” = strong attraction to something (e.g., philharmonic, bibliophile) “sophia” = knowledge (e.g., sophomore, sophisticated) Philosophy in Ancient Greece

  8. “Socratic method” of teaching Gadfly Teacher of Plato & other young men Poisoned by hemlock Socrates (469-399 BC)

  9. Ideal > real; “forms” The Republic = utopia Communal property No nuclear family Guardians = philosophers “platonic relationships” The Academy Aristotle’s teacher Plato (427-348 BC)

  10. Aristotle (384-322 BC) • Systematic thinker in range of fields • Physics, metaphysics, biology, botany, zoology, rhetoric, politics, logic, music, astronomy, chemistry, geology… • Analytical, empirical • Favors hierarchy & function • Tutor of Alexander the Great • Founder of Lyceum • Influences Aquinas, Dante, Machiavelli, Copernicus, Galileo, John Locke, et al. • Still relevant today….

  11. “School of Athens”

  12. Plato & Aristotle

  13. Heraclitus/Michelangelo Socrates w/ Xenophon & Alcibiades

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