The Role Of The Presocratics In The Odyssey
PHIL 171
19 September 2013
Homer and the Presocratics
Throughout time, philosophy and it 's philosophers have evolved and changed. Just like anything else in the world, it started off as just a mere thought. Philosophy is the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. Everyone throughout history has had a different view on things, though. Homer and the Presocratics weren 't any different. They, like many others, had differences in the way they thought about life and how things came to be, and why. The poets thought of everything in the sense that there was a God or Goddess for everything, and they were responsible for the things that happened in life. Whether they were good or bad, a God/dess was behind it, and they …show more content…
The inner strength simply means that man must use his intelligence and the virtue of his mind. Outer strength means that they must fight for what they believe in, to achieve the greatness that they are destined to have. But not only does his worldview 's give light to those around him, it also had error to it. “[...] the fatalism and helplessness he expresses — that a person only succeeds if and when forces largely beyond his control, i.e., the gods, are on his side -- would become a commonly held sentiment in Ancient Greece and Rome which would ultimately do much cultural harm.” (Western Culture Global) But even so, Homer 's views were more for entertainment purposes. It began to influence people into learning out to read and write and …show more content…
The Greek word for indivisible is atom, thus the origination of them name for this tiny particle. He also believed that we live in a Void with an infinite number of tiny balls that vary in shape and size. There is not an absolute up or down, no absolute weight, no natural order. He also described things as 'chance '. Things happened at random, with no system, no order. The motion of the particles is eternal. Even Democritus ' number one critic praised him for arguing with firm consideration that applied to
19 September 2013
Homer and the Presocratics
Throughout time, philosophy and it 's philosophers have evolved and changed. Just like anything else in the world, it started off as just a mere thought. Philosophy is the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. Everyone throughout history has had a different view on things, though. Homer and the Presocratics weren 't any different. They, like many others, had differences in the way they thought about life and how things came to be, and why. The poets thought of everything in the sense that there was a God or Goddess for everything, and they were responsible for the things that happened in life. Whether they were good or bad, a God/dess was behind it, and they …show more content…
The inner strength simply means that man must use his intelligence and the virtue of his mind. Outer strength means that they must fight for what they believe in, to achieve the greatness that they are destined to have. But not only does his worldview 's give light to those around him, it also had error to it. “[...] the fatalism and helplessness he expresses — that a person only succeeds if and when forces largely beyond his control, i.e., the gods, are on his side -- would become a commonly held sentiment in Ancient Greece and Rome which would ultimately do much cultural harm.” (Western Culture Global) But even so, Homer 's views were more for entertainment purposes. It began to influence people into learning out to read and write and …show more content…
The Greek word for indivisible is atom, thus the origination of them name for this tiny particle. He also believed that we live in a Void with an infinite number of tiny balls that vary in shape and size. There is not an absolute up or down, no absolute weight, no natural order. He also described things as 'chance '. Things happened at random, with no system, no order. The motion of the particles is eternal. Even Democritus ' number one critic praised him for arguing with firm consideration that applied to