The Greeks who made us who we are : eighteen ancient philosophers, scientists, poets and others / M.A. Soupios.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soupios, M. A., 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophers, Ancient--Biography.

Philosophers, Ancient.

Philosophy, Ancient.

Humanism--History--To 1500.

Humanism.

Greece--History--To 146 B.C--Biography.

Greece.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hellenic contributions to Western Civilization are acknowledged by all, but the details of their endowment are under-appreciated. This volume seeks to disclose two distinctive features of Western culture uniquely attributable to the ancient Greeks: A human-centered worldview that elevated humans to the threshold of divinity and a philosophical temperament which for the first time in history proffered the unbridled operation of the human mind as a kind of cultural imperative. Eighteen seminal thinkers who left lasting impressions in such fields as ethics, medicine, religion, politics, poetry an

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. Homer (Mid to Late 8th Century B.C.) Founder of Western Humanism; 2. Solon (630 B.C.-560 B.C.) Poet, Lawgiver, Statesman; 3. Thales (Early 6th Century B.C.) Father of Western Science; 4. Sappho (612-580 B.C.) Poet on Fire; 5. Pythagoras (Mid-500s-496 B.C.) Mystic Mathematician; 6. Parmenides (Born c. 515 B.C.) Father of Metaphysics and Logic; 7. Themistocles (524-459 B.C.)Savior of the Western World; 8. Phidias (490-430 B.C.) Lord of Western Aesthetics; 9. Gorgias (483-376 B.C.)Master of the Word

10. Socrates (469-399 B.C.)Iconoclast and Moral Revolutionary11. Thucydides (460-399 B.C.)True Father of History; 12. Plato (427-347 B.C.)Fountainhead of Western Philosophy; 13. Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)Polymathic Genius; 14. Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) Disseminator of Greek Culture; 15. Epicurus (341-270 B.C.)Physicist and Ethician; 16. Zeno (335-263 B.C.) Stoic Sage; 17. Galen (A.D. 129-199)Physician, Scientist, Philosopher; 18. Plotinus (A.D. 205-270)Mystic Philosopher; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-299-39470-1

1-4766-0163-1