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FROM MYTHOLOGY TO SCIENCE
 Acquire some basic knowledge of the early Greek
Civilization.
 Know some basic Greek Mythology.
 Identify the shift in Greek thinking.
 Know and understand the basics of Plato and
Aristotle’s philosophy.
 2000 B.C. - earliest
Greek tribes entered
 1500 B.C. Mycenaeans emerged
 1100 B.C. - Dorians
invaded the land of
the Mycenaeans
 Athens was the most
powerful among the
city-states
 The fear of the
Persians led to the
formation of the
“Delian League.”
 Pericles, the leader of
Athens, initiated the
crumbling of Greece.
 Ancient Athens
 It has a mild climate…
 Ancient Athens
 It was rich and powerful…
 Ancient Athens
 It sought for human excellence…
(Remnants)
 ZEUS – lord of the sky and supreme ruler
 HERA – goddess of marriage
 POSEIDON – god of the sea
 ATHENA – patroness of wisdom
 ARTEMIS – patroness of wildlife and the young
 APOLLO – god of the sun
 APHRODITE – goddess of love and beauty
 HERMES – patron of commerce
 DIONYSUS – god of wine and feasting
 PAN – god of shepherds and flocks
 “ONE in the MANY”
 “The answer is in nature
itself…”
 “Permanence and Change…”
 “Atomism…”
THALES
 Rhetoric and oratory
 “…there was no such thing as a
universal or absolute truth, valid
at all times…”
 “Everything is relative …”
WISEST IS HE
WHO KNOWS
THAT HE
DOES NOT
KNOW…
THROUGH
DIALOGUES
MAN CAN
“RECOLLECT”
HIS INNATE
IDEAS…
REALITY IS
KNOWN
THROUGH
THE MIND…
IDEAS ARE
WHAT ARE
REAL… THEY
LET US
UNDERSTAND
THE NATURAL
WORLD…
THROUGH
EXPERIMENTATION AND
OBSERVATION
MAN CAN
“ACQUIRE”
KNOWLEDGE…
NATURE IS
WHAT IS
REAL… IT LET
US DEVELOP
ABSTRACT
IDEAS…
TRUE
KNOWLEDGE
IS FOUND
“ABOVE”, IN
THE REALM
OF IDEAS...
RATIONALISM
TRUE
KNOWLEDGE
IS FOUND
“HERE”, IN
THE WORLD
OF THINGS...
REALISM
MODERN SCIENCE UNIFIES
THESE TWO SCHOOLS OF
THOUGHT…
QUESTIONS
MERRY
CHRISTMAS!