An area I am interested in is how Greek Philosophy and Christianity were combined to be the foundation of Western Society. Could you provide some examples of what Christianity took from the Greeks to turn it into what it is today/?
Odysseus spends ten years trying to get home. Modern storytelling often celebrates self-discovery, but the Odyssey seems to celebrate loyalty, duty and return. What do you think Homer believed was worth coming home to?
The Greeks built temples, epics and institutions that were meant to outlast the people who created them. What do you think allowed ancient societies to think in centuries rather than election cycles, and have we lost something essential when that long-term civilisational mindset disappears?
David is one of my favourite guests now, I wish I could get my offspring into his current university…
In Timaeus and Critias (360 BCE-ish), Plato wrote about Atlantis - Was it an “Elusinian mysteries” enhanced pipe dream or just a retelling of what he heard? What does David think?
In general and unrelated to the question, I think that the induced death of ego in above “rituals” made many a philosopher of old… except maybe the Stoics…
Ask one but consider the topic please, and my sincere thanks, love these…
An area I am interested in is how Greek Philosophy and Christianity were combined to be the foundation of Western Society. Could you provide some examples of what Christianity took from the Greeks to turn it into what it is today/?
Odysseus spends ten years trying to get home. Modern storytelling often celebrates self-discovery, but the Odyssey seems to celebrate loyalty, duty and return. What do you think Homer believed was worth coming home to?
The Greeks built temples, epics and institutions that were meant to outlast the people who created them. What do you think allowed ancient societies to think in centuries rather than election cycles, and have we lost something essential when that long-term civilisational mindset disappears?
David is one of my favourite guests now, I wish I could get my offspring into his current university…
In Timaeus and Critias (360 BCE-ish), Plato wrote about Atlantis - Was it an “Elusinian mysteries” enhanced pipe dream or just a retelling of what he heard? What does David think?
In general and unrelated to the question, I think that the induced death of ego in above “rituals” made many a philosopher of old… except maybe the Stoics…
Ask one but consider the topic please, and my sincere thanks, love these…
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