classical greek humanism
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CLASSICAL GREEK CLASSICAL GREEK HUMANISMHUMANISM
THE HELLENIC PERIODTHE HELLENIC PERIOD
THE CLASSICAL PERIODTHE CLASSICAL PERIOD
““MAN IS THE MEASURE OF MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS.” ALL THINGS.” PROTAGORAS PROTAGORAS
HUMANISMHUMANISM
MAN IS AT THE CENTERMAN IS AT THE CENTER
HUMAN REASONHUMAN REASON
• THE POWER TO THINK AND REASON THE POWER TO THINK AND REASON GAVE MAN HIS WORTHGAVE MAN HIS WORTH
• NO AUTHORITY HIGHER THAN NO AUTHORITY HIGHER THAN REASONREASON
• ‘‘GOD” WAS AN ABSTRACT IDEA NOT GOD” WAS AN ABSTRACT IDEA NOT A PERSONAL PRESENCEA PERSONAL PRESENCE
CLASSICAL EDUCATIONCLASSICAL EDUCATION
• PEDAGOGUE- PEDAGOGUE- TUTORTUTOR
• INDIVIUDALIZED INDIVIUDALIZED INSTRUCTIONINSTRUCTION
• MALE ORIENTEDMALE ORIENTED• GIRLS WERE GIRLS WERE
EDUCATED IN THE EDUCATED IN THE AREA OF RUNNING AREA OF RUNNING A HOUSEHOLD AND A HOUSEHOLD AND RAISING CHILDRENRAISING CHILDREN
CLASSICAL ART AND CLASSICAL ART AND ARCHITECTUREARCHITECTURE
• GLORIFIED THE HUMAN BEINGGLORIFIED THE HUMAN BEING
• PERFECT PROPORTION AND FORMPERFECT PROPORTION AND FORM
• FOCUS ON BEAUTYFOCUS ON BEAUTY
• BUILDINGS REFLECTED BUILDINGS REFLECTED MATHEMATICAL PROPORTIONMATHEMATICAL PROPORTION
• HUMAN SCALEHUMAN SCALE
• PERFECTION AND LOGICPERFECTION AND LOGIC
SCULPTURESCULPTURE
ARCHITECTUREARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTUREARCHITECTURE
CLASSICAL LITERATURECLASSICAL LITERATURE
• HERODOTUS- HERODOTUS- HISTORYHISTORY
AESOPAESOP
• FABLES- STORIES FABLES- STORIES WITH A MORAL WITH A MORAL LESSONLESSON
DRAMADRAMA
• SOPHOCLESSOPHOCLES– OEDIPUS REXOEDIPUS REX– ANTIGONEANTIGONE
OEDIPUS REXOEDIPUS REX
GREEK PHILOSOPHYGREEK PHILOSOPHY
• THE GREEKS WERE THE FIRST TO THE GREEKS WERE THE FIRST TO USE ABSTRACT THOUGHT TO USE ABSTRACT THOUGHT TO EXPLORE LIFE’S BIG QUESTIONSEXPLORE LIFE’S BIG QUESTIONS– WHO AM IWHO AM I– WHERE DID I COME FROMWHERE DID I COME FROM– WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONGWHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG– WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFEWHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE
GREEK PHILOSOPHYGREEK PHILOSOPHY
• SOPHISTS-WANDERING TEACHERSSOPHISTS-WANDERING TEACHERS– FOCUSED ON RHETORIC FOCUSED ON RHETORIC – REJECTED THE IDEA OF A SINGLE REJECTED THE IDEA OF A SINGLE
UNIVERSAL TRUTHUNIVERSAL TRUTH– STRESSED CIVIC DUTY STRESSED CIVIC DUTY – ARETEARETE- EXCELLENCE IN ALL THINGS- EXCELLENCE IN ALL THINGS
MAJOR GREEK PHILOSOPHERSMAJOR GREEK PHILOSOPHERS
• SOCRATESSOCRATES
PLATOPLATO
• STUDENT OF STUDENT OF PLATOPLATO
• WROTE WROTE – THE REPUBLICTHE REPUBLIC– THE APOLOGYTHE APOLOGY
ARISTOTLEARISTOTLE
• STUDENT OF PLATOSTUDENT OF PLATO
• TUTOR TO ALEXANDERTUTOR TO ALEXANDER