key texts of antiquity
Key texts of Antiquity (Week 1)
Philosophy is from the Greeks ← our language comes from Greek and Latin also.
Xenos- stranger
Phobos- fear
1) The great questions addressed by the philosophers
- What is a human being? (Anthropology)
- What is the world and of what it is composed?
- What is the relationship between human beings and the natural?
- How do we account for the enormous variety in creation while at the same time believing in one transcendent being?
- How do we reconcile one with many?
- Why cant human beings manage to live together? (Why do we always want our own way?)
- Are there any unchanging truths, which are the same for all people in all, times and places?
“All men desire to know” – Aristotle
2) Divisions of Ancient Philosophy
- 6th century BCE to 529CE (pagan books were outlawed)
- Pre-Socratics (they came before Socrates (Pythagoreans & Ionians)
- Sophists and Socrates (sophists are people who wanted to be paid for their philosophy and Socrates did not agree with that)
- Plato and Aristotle (great scientist also)
- Hellenistic period (stoicism, it also has the sceptics)
- Neo-Platonism (built on Plato) (Augustine of Hippo believed in this, he started his teachings on this foundation)
- Christian Philosophy (Augustine of Hippo tried to apply tried to apply NP with the Christians scriptures) (People argue that Christians scriptures should be moved to medieval times not ancient)
3) Nature of the Greek Philosophy
- Totality (the big picture is what the Greeks were into (what is the meaning of life?) (What is the totality of existence?))
- Filein- to love, Sophia- wisdom
- Method (you use the mind, God’s relevant too) (Greek philosophy says we should just use our minds to conclude)
- End (the reasons for doing things) what is reality?
4) Purpose of module: Do we need to read the authors of antiquity
- The purpose of the module is to study is to study what great philosophers thought in order to facilitate our
Philosophy is from the Greeks ← our language comes from Greek and Latin also.
Xenos- stranger
Phobos- fear
1) The great questions addressed by the philosophers
- What is a human being? (Anthropology)
- What is the world and of what it is composed?
- What is the relationship between human beings and the natural?
- How do we account for the enormous variety in creation while at the same time believing in one transcendent being?
- How do we reconcile one with many?
- Why cant human beings manage to live together? (Why do we always want our own way?)
- Are there any unchanging truths, which are the same for all people in all, times and places?
“All men desire to know” – Aristotle
2) Divisions of Ancient Philosophy
- 6th century BCE to 529CE (pagan books were outlawed)
- Pre-Socratics (they came before Socrates (Pythagoreans & Ionians)
- Sophists and Socrates (sophists are people who wanted to be paid for their philosophy and Socrates did not agree with that)
- Plato and Aristotle (great scientist also)
- Hellenistic period (stoicism, it also has the sceptics)
- Neo-Platonism (built on Plato) (Augustine of Hippo believed in this, he started his teachings on this foundation)
- Christian Philosophy (Augustine of Hippo tried to apply tried to apply NP with the Christians scriptures) (People argue that Christians scriptures should be moved to medieval times not ancient)
3) Nature of the Greek Philosophy
- Totality (the big picture is what the Greeks were into (what is the meaning of life?) (What is the totality of existence?))
- Filein- to love, Sophia- wisdom
- Method (you use the mind, God’s relevant too) (Greek philosophy says we should just use our minds to conclude)
- End (the reasons for doing things) what is reality?
4) Purpose of module: Do we need to read the authors of antiquity
- The purpose of the module is to study is to study what great philosophers thought in order to facilitate our