GRST 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Eleatics, Italiotes, Ancient Greek Philosophy

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 205
• Professor: Colin Ash

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Grst 205 lecture 8 (february 2nd) (cid:862)the meaning of life: greek. Greek philosophy arose in the 6th century and lasted through the hellenistic period into when. Greece became part of the roman empire: hellenistic period: after the death of alexander the great. Philosophy covered many subjects over this period of time: geometry, physics, metaphysics etc. Influenced much of western culture since its inception. This covers the period in ancient greece before socrates and schools contributing to socrates but not influenced by him: class of ancient pre-socratic philosophers called physiologoi. Means physical or natural philosophers: aristotle called these philosophers physicoi. These philosophers sought natural explanations of phenomenon, not utilizing previous supernatural explanations. Diogenes: in the 3rd century ce divided the physiologoi into two groups. In their works it can be difficult to determine and follow their line of arguments used in support of their particular views: no texts survived in full forms.