"The Birth of History" & "From Greek Religion to Socratic Philosophy" lectures at The Attic, 36, Regal Building, CP > 6:30pm on 20th August 2012
Time : 6:30 pm
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Event Details : The Foundations of Western Civilization – a video presentation.
Lecture 11 – “The Birth of History”
“History” Voltaire said “was the lies the living told about the dead.” Herodotus, the “father of history” wrote highly entertaining accounts of the Persian wars which he saw as the watershed moment in Greek history. Thucydides wrote of the Peloponnesian wars, the great contest between Athens and Sparta.
Historical writing has been a key feature of Western culture since the Greeks partly to preserve accounts of great deeds. Partly to teach ones own generation lessons. Partly to fashion and shape how later generation will see things.
Lecture 12 – “From Greek Religion to Socratic Philosophy”
The Greeks invented philosophy as a form of intellectual discipline, with its own rules, with its own system, with its own way of asking and answering questions. Conventionally the history of Greek philosophy begins with Socrates. In this lecture we look at the pre Socratics.
The quest for wisdom began in Ionia. This was a land open to Persia and through the Persians to Mesopotamian knowledge. Many philosophers posed answers to the question “what is the world made of”. Pythagoras somehow came upon the mathematical relationships between musical intervals.
The Sophists (wandering teachers) turned to the practical matters of ethics and they made the distinction between laws and the natural orders of things.
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : The Attic, 36, Regal Building, Connaught Place, New Delhi-110001
Landmark : On Parliament Street close to 'The Shop' showroom & next to the 'Kwality' restaurant
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Metro : Nearest Metro Station - 'Rajiv Chowk' (Yellow Line and Blue Line)
Event Details : The Foundations of Western Civilization – a video presentation.
Lecture 11 – “The Birth of History”
“History” Voltaire said “was the lies the living told about the dead.” Herodotus, the “father of history” wrote highly entertaining accounts of the Persian wars which he saw as the watershed moment in Greek history. Thucydides wrote of the Peloponnesian wars, the great contest between Athens and Sparta.
Historical writing has been a key feature of Western culture since the Greeks partly to preserve accounts of great deeds. Partly to teach ones own generation lessons. Partly to fashion and shape how later generation will see things.
Lecture 12 – “From Greek Religion to Socratic Philosophy”
The Greeks invented philosophy as a form of intellectual discipline, with its own rules, with its own system, with its own way of asking and answering questions. Conventionally the history of Greek philosophy begins with Socrates. In this lecture we look at the pre Socratics.
The quest for wisdom began in Ionia. This was a land open to Persia and through the Persians to Mesopotamian knowledge. Many philosophers posed answers to the question “what is the world made of”. Pythagoras somehow came upon the mathematical relationships between musical intervals.
The Sophists (wandering teachers) turned to the practical matters of ethics and they made the distinction between laws and the natural orders of things.
"The Birth of History" & "From Greek Religion to Socratic Philosophy" lectures at The Attic, 36, Regal Building, CP > 6:30pm on 20th August 2012
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