Position:Home>Philosophy> How does the Greek philosophy compare to ours today? Why do we study history?
Question: How does the Greek philosophy compare to ours today!? Why do we study history!?
"Our way is to consider each separate thing alone by itself: the Greeks always saw things as parts of a whole, and this habit of mind is stamped upon everything they did"- Edith Hamilton
Do you accept her opinion about how people see the world today!? Do you think Americans view their role as citizens as a fundamental part of their identity!? What was the Greek's philosophy on sharing!?
"The absence of romance in my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest; but if it be judged useful by those inquirers who desire an exact knowledge of the past as an aid to the interpretation of the future, which in the course of human things must resemble if it does not reflect it, I shall be content"- Thucydides
Judging from the quotation, what did Thucydides believe was the purpose of studying history!? When did the Greeks study their past and learn from it!? When did Americans study the past and learn from it!? Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
greek philosophy permeates modern western civilization!. it is from the greeks that we got some of the ideas that we hold dear!. like democracy and aristotle's famous "golden mean"!. it is from great minds like socrates that we learned to question everything and that no one really knows anything!. as far as the study of history well!.!.individuals may learn something from the study of history but societies never learn!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Well, if the guy who said "if never learn history we will never learn from it" then why does congress reject everything this country was based upon!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
you mean people really do study history!? people never learn from history, or we would never keep hearing that famous saying repeated over and over again, "it must never be allowed to happen again"Www@QuestionHome@Com
some one rightly said" we learn from history that we never learn from history"!.!.
Www@QuestionHome@Com
omg!! dude u sound like a freakin teacher and im in class right now! lol!
but i add that i LOVE Greek History!!!
its awesome!Www@QuestionHome@Com