The Renaissance was an eventful period of European cultural, political, artistic and economic “rebirth” following the miserable Middle Ages. Generally, described as taking place from the 14th to 17th centuries, the European Renaissance promoted the rediscovery of classical philosophy, art and literature. Some of the greatest authors, statesman, thinkers and scientists in human history lived […]
The Human Story – The European Renaissance — Rest is History
Aristotle believed that humans have a purpose which is the fulfillment of human nature, the aim of the good life. While many goals in life merely lead to further additional goals, such as the goal of making money leading to the goal of pleasure or security, Aristotle that there must be a final goal, an […]
Greek Philosophy – Aristotle’s Ethics — Thought Itself
Do the ancient Greeks have anything left to tell us? Anyone who deals extensively in the humanities, and especially the classics, inevitably must ask themselves this question. Apart from being eclectic or a renaissance individual, if the Greeks have nothing important to teach us, why bother wrestling with them at all? That seems to be […]
Why We Need the Classics — Discourses on Minerva
The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus is an acoustic and aesthetic marvel, and all the more wondrous considering that it was created almost 2,500 years ago. Source: Study Shows Ancient Theatre Of Epidaurus Is World’s Most Perfect In Terms Of Aesthetics And Acoustics – Greek City Times
Study Shows Ancient Theatre Of Epidaurus Is World’s Most Perfect In Terms Of Aesthetics And Acoustics; Paulina Karavasili; Greek City Times — All About World Heritage Sites
In the myths they were either invented by gods and then given to heroes who gave them to people, invented by gods and then stolen by heroes who gave them to people or invented by heroes who gave them to people…
In reality, based on the archaeological records, these are all things invented during neolithic – chalcolithic – bronze age period…
Why were the inventions of these, from our point of view, „ordinary things“, attributed to mythical beings?
Because, from the point of view of the people who made the myths, each one of these things was so mind blowing, so incredibly impossible to be invented by an ordinary human, that it had to have been invented by some superhuman, a hero or a god…
So why is the invention of fire making among these things? Archaeologist believe that making of fire was invented by primitive humans. If so, it had been known for, eeeee, hundreds of thousands of years, and was a common knowledge by the time the Eurasian myths were made…
So why do we have the myth of Prometheus? Prometheus who „stole fire from the thunder god Zeus“ and gave it to people. Remember, originally, before the invention of the fire drill, only thunder gods could make fire. Using lightning. People had to „find fire“ and „steal it“…
read more: http://oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.com/2020/10/prometheus.html
In this post we present and discuss two excerpts from the ancient poet Theognis.
Theognis; how to avoid tyranny inside a polity — Novo Scriptorium
In this post we present two very interesting excerpts from Pindar, the lyric poet.
The island of Rhodes was once underwater, millions of years ago. The ancient Greeks knew it! How? — Novo Scriptorium
Books are long and time is short. So being able to ask the right questions is the short cut you need. Here are three questions to explain Plato’s allegory of the cave. Plato can be very difficult to understand — even the popular Assassin’s Creed video game Odyssey featuring dialogue with Socrates and Pericles in […]
Plato: „Allegory of the Cave“ — Create Don’t Consume
Many myths concern his endless adulterous rapes of mortals and subsequent pregnancies, but there’s also Philemon and Baucis.
God of the Week: Zeus (Jupiter) — The Eclectic Light Company
Die Goldene Landschaft 