"Ancient Greek philosophy arose in the 6th century BC. Philosophy was used to make sense of the world using reason."
The study of foundational concepts and ideas that shaped Greek and Roman thought, such as ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology.
Metaphysics: Deals with the nature of reality, existence, and substance.
Epistemology: Deals with the theory of knowledge, including its nature and scope.
Ethics: Deals with moral principles and values.
Logic: Deals with reasoning and argumentation.
Political Philosophy: Deals with the theory of government and political systems.
Aesthetics: Deals with the nature of beauty and art.
"It dealt with a wide variety of subjects, including astronomy, epistemology, mathematics, political philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, ontology, logic, biology, rhetoric, and aesthetics."
"Greek philosophy has influenced much of Western culture since its inception, and can be found in many aspects of public education."
"Alfred North Whitehead once noted: 'The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato'."
"The extent of this influence is widely debated. The classicist Martin Litchfield West states, 'contact with oriental cosmology and theology helped to liberate the early Greek philosophers' imagination; it certainly gave them many suggestive ideas. But they taught themselves to reason.'"
"Subsequent philosophic tradition was so influenced by Socrates as presented by Plato that it is conventional to refer to philosophy developed prior to Socrates as pre-Socratic philosophy."
"The periods following this, up to and after the wars of Alexander the Great, are those of 'Classical Greek' and 'Hellenistic philosophy,' respectively."
"Greek philosophy continued throughout the Hellenistic period and later evolved into Roman philosophy."
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"[Greek philosophy] can be found in many aspects of public education" during these periods.
"It dealt with a wide variety of subjects, including... political philosophy, ethics... biology..."
"It dealt with a wide variety of subjects, including... mathematics."
"It dealt with a wide variety of subjects, including... biology."
"It dealt with a wide variety of subjects, including... aesthetics."
"The European Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment."
"It dealt with a wide variety of subjects, including... logic."
"Philosophy was used to make sense of the world using reason."
"But they taught themselves to reason. Philosophy as we understand it is a Greek creation."
"It dealt with a wide variety of subjects, including... rhetoric."
"Greek philosophy has influenced much of Western culture since its inception, and can be found in many aspects of public education."