Ancient Greek Philosophy
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Ancient Greek Objectives
The Ancient Greeks brought humanity empire, democracy, and philosophy, most notably Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. In our humanities course, we hope to Identify characteristics within Greece's Golden Age of Democracy and Hellenism, analyze the Greek Presocratic ideas of knowledge, and Identify various Logical Fallacies as seen through the eyes of Aristotle.
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Democrats spent last night earning that American democracy is on the line in this election. Trump campaign adviser response is: actually, “We are NOT a Democracy!!” pic.twitter.com/ZI9gGVsrXq
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) August 20, 2020
It seems the Greeks have made their way into modern politics. There seems to be confusion among "We the People" as to what exactly is a republic. I've added a few YouTube clips to help answer this question. In further tweets, the OP offers Federalist #10 by Alexander Hamilton as a response.
The Federalist Papers are a set of pamphlets distributed to the Colonists trying to convince them to Make America - hmmm not British!
Can you convince your friends that what you're seeing is actually the color blue?
Thinking about our Philosophy keywords
- Presocratic: Thinkers who emphasized the natural world as the explanation for phenomena as opposed to the supernatural world
- Logical Fallacies: Errors in reasoning due to subconscious influences unbeknownst by the speaker
- Democracy: A system of government by the whole population typically through elected representatives
- Republic: A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.
Blog posts available for this topic:
- Romans against Greeks: Changing Names
- Brother Against Brother: Division before America made it a thing
- Think for yourself!: Why are we lacking Critical Thinking?
The Slides are very large will not show you a preview. You must download them to your computer to view them. They have difficulty opening on your phone.
The Lectures are Microsoft Word documents. You should not have issues opening them. (These lectures might differ from current lectures used in class.)
As you can see, Philosophy, especially the Greeks, is a big love of mine. There is quite a large collection of videos concerning the topic. Many of these are from different terms. I have put the most current video towards the top.