Greek Philosophy, continued

This week, I am revisiting my IRB, which is An Introduction to Greek Philosophy, by John Mansley Robinson. John Mansley Robinson is the author of many other greek philosophy texts that look at topics such as Presocratic Philosophy and a study of human nature in context of greek society and beliefs. The context of the text is knowing about Greek society in the context of location and time. Greek society was one of the roots of European philosophical traditions, being one of the first sophisticated civilizations in Europe. To also further understand the text, they also competed alongside the Babylonians in evolution of their civilizations. This section I read changed it's purpose from showing how Early Greek philosophers affected later thought; now, it examines how profound greek Philosophers to affect civil life, politics, and mathematics. The audience is those who are studying greek history or who are interested to learn the roots of modern European philosophy, because look at greek philosophy would help to understand current fundamentals in modern thought. One rhetorical element used was dialogue. It was effective especially when trying to teach the thoughts of Pythagoras and Zeno and Melissus. Pythagoras's character was easily examined in how he spoke to his disciples, his noble mannerisms in the dialogue showed that his entire philosophy was framed around his strive for a pure life and emphasized the idea of how Pythagoras spurred the idea of purifying a soul through lifestyle. Zeno and Melissus questioned their teachers to come up with new logical twists and ideas that I can recognize influence modern day mathematics and calculus. Infinity is now put into context of numbers instead of where it was only existent as an origin for matter, according to greek philophy.