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Ancient Greek Philosophy

Pre-Philosophical Thought: Epic Poetry. Homer (800-700 BCE)Iliad, OdysseyHesiodWorks and Days, Theogany. Homer and Hesiod. Wrote epic poetry Presented a large and complex mythological worldviewExplained origin of the world, the birth of Gods, the Kingship of Zeus, and the ways of people.. Home

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Ancient Greek Philosophy

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    1. Ancient Greek Philosophy Pre-Socratic Philosophy

    2. Pre-Philosophical Thought: Epic Poetry Homer (800-700 BCE) Iliad, Odyssey Hesiod Works and Days, Theogany

    3. Homer and Hesiod Wrote epic poetry Presented a large and complex mythological worldview Explained origin of the world, the birth of Gods, the Kingship of Zeus, and the ways of people.

    4. Homer and Hesiod Followed an oral tradition that preserved and passed on significant cultural information through the technology (meter, rhyme, rhythm) of poetry Created an encyclopedia of information Became the educators

    5. Homers Worldview No conception of nature as a system of regularly recurring sequences of events. Gods were responsible for the natural order of events. The customs that people follow were handed down from the gods.

    6. Homers Worldview Divine action is not moral. The gods interference in human affairs is not based on the common good for people. Gods punished people for things like insubordination or insulting behavior, not for being unjust or immoral. The gods do not represent moral ideals for all to emulate: the gods are impetuous, childishly egotistical, lustful, selfish, vain, unscrupulous, and dishonest. People worship gods not because they are good.

    7. Hesiods Worldview Zeus was the creator and enforcer of a rule of justice that would right wrongs, correct abuses, lift up the downtrodden, and punish the wicked and unjust. Zeus had moral integrity, and his actions were more for the good of people. There is a pervasive moral law that covers all people. Zeus begins to act uniformly, regularly, and pervasively throughout nature.

    8. Hesiods Worldview Theogony: Genealogy (an account of the birth of the gods) Cosmogony (an account of the process by which the world came into existence) Hesiods cosmogony is anthropomorphic; it follows the genealogy of the gods. See chart: http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/marksj/hesiod/hesiod.html

    9. Hesiods World

    10. Main Pre-Socratic Philosophers Thales Anaximander Anaximenes Heraclitus Xenophanes Parmenides Zeno Empedocles Anaxagoras Pythagoras Atomisrts: Democritus, Leucippus, Lucretius

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