Monarch Notes, January 1st, 1963
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Greek Philosophy. Lucretius Greek Philosophy: Introduction Before the Greeks came into the Mediterranean world, man was primarily oriented toward death and built his monuments in honor of death: 1. The ziggurats of Babylon and the pyramids of Egypt testify to the hold of death upon these early civilizations. 2. Life on earth was dominated by spirits, devils, gods, etc. who caused all illnesses, natural phenomena, events. Every move on earth was at some god's whim. To the Greeks, however, life was the most significant fact in the world; and human life was the greatest w...
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