HUM 2020 Lecture 2: Part II
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Individualism and the greek community (ch 3 ) Sacred ground : dedicated to dionysus, god of wine, Ideal plot: hero"s life changes from fortune to. Downfall from m mistake in judgment due to. Tragedy: a) b) chapter flaw(not severe) c) misfortune due to intellectual error. Audience feels pity and fear d) disastrous results= self- inflicted e) fear. Function: catharsis = healing from purging guilt & Antigone as a female protagonist for individual & family. Issue: duty to family vs. duty to state; law. Goal: to explain the world through natural causes vs. Natural elements and causes : water, fire, love/hate, Leucippus and the atomists: all matter made of invisible. Heraclitus: nature in constant flux from solid to liquid to. 4. produced skeptics (only believe what is absolutely certain) & agnostics ( don"t believe what is not know for certain) & agonistics ( don"t believe what is not know for certain) social philosophy: plato ( 429-347)
