PHL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Stupid Shit, Greek Mythology, Ousia
12 Jan 2017
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Hesiod"s theory: theology how the world came to be/development of the world. To say anything about the world you must be inspired by an external source (goddess/muse) Recognize they do not tell you the truth. Cant be contained, makes you do stupid shit. Introduced geometry into greece credited with theorems such as if 2 straight lines intersect, the opposite angles are equal . Diverted the course of a river and assisted the passage of a lydian king. Predicted the solar eclipse in 585 bce means there"s order to the universe. Water is the origin of the nature of most things. Natural material thing never came to be but always was. Unifying concept all came from water and will return to water vocabulary: Poet"s words were taken as authoritative and source of great wisdom. Myth is first given its present-day sense of fictional story later by the first philosophers who wished to challenge its authority.
