HUM 100 Greek Philosophy

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Greek Philosophy

HUM 100

Greek Philosophy

Greek Philosophy is a great civilization that is very much still a part of our culture and everyday living of today. These great men discovered things that were too advance for their life time. Without them, society of today will not have geometry, logic or natural sciences. The term philosophy is Greek in origin meaning "love of wisdom." (Owens, 2003) Pythagoras suggested that "wisdom is something divine and man cannot be truly wise but a lover of wisdom." (Owen, 2003)

Greek philosophy began around 1200 . Historians believe that it was born on the south-west coast of Turkey, in a city-state called Milatos. This was near the end of the Minoan period which did not make it past the...