Classical Studies 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Practical Philosophy
2 Feb 2017
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Please read chapter 8, on this general topic, in landels. The main topic of this lecture will be an account of the strange relationship between. Greek philosophy and greek scientific enquiry: in the 6th century bc certain learned. Greeks began to speculate about the nature of the world . In each case, the major thinkers had a big idea about what the world was like and where it was in relation to things observed in the heavens. Theory of everything and then worked down to the minor stuff and basically straitjacketed it to fit into the grand theory. Also, many of the ideas from early greek philosophy were barely rational, anyway. (some examples. ) Laboratory experiment, on the other hand, which the greeks seem to have regarded as unnatural , was practically unknown; the example in landels, of hero speaking about siphons, is a rare occurrence.
