The inflection between the explanation of the myths and the birth of Greek philosophy is given to finding an underlying order within the apparent chaos of impersonal forces. By then the gods took care of both the fate of all mankind as the personal circumstances of the particular individuals. Even humans could most senior kinship with the gods, but these ties to humanity had been unable to avoid mythological explanations causes broad dissatisfaction in important social groups that were replacing the place of mythology of reason.
Miletus was a thriving Greek city on the coast of Ionia (Asia Minor) that highlighted by the trade (especially woolens). The boom and the flexibility of the current theocratic society where neither helped inescapable identification with the traditional gods.
In the context of Ionia was Miletus which was ruled by the Lydian king Alyattes (610-560 BC), who had conquered Smyrna and that after fighting the Milesians made a treaty with them. His son, Croesus, ending the conquest of the coast of Ionia and after defeating it became part of the Persian Empire. Still Miletus continued to maintain its economic and cultural independence.
Egypt and Mesopotamia were two civilizations coexisted with the Greek but, although they were parallels between them, only if Greek philosophy and was developed which had to prevail against the hegemony of thought to the religious imposition. They shared that Egypt and Mesopotamia had also made great advances in the field of science, such as Herodotus and Aristotle tell us referring to geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, etc.. The issue is that development of these sciences in Egypt and Babylon was primarily motivated by practical needs. While the Greeks was interested in science itself, as abstractions, the Egyptians were more concerned about advancing science to know how to raise taxes or distribute plots of land.
There was another similarity between the Egyptians and Greeks, however, did not lead to the same conclusion, and was to have a social stratum with the material needs largely met. As Aristotle tells us in the case of the Egyptians was the priestly caste which had that ability, in the Greek case were noble and wealthy classes. But again only in Greece this might be a starting point for philosophical thought which existed in Egypt until the wealthy continued to hold firm beliefs in religion.
Miletus was a thriving Greek city on the coast of Ionia (Asia Minor) that highlighted by the trade (especially woolens). The boom and the flexibility of the current theocratic society where neither helped inescapable identification with the traditional gods.
In the context of Ionia was Miletus which was ruled by the Lydian king Alyattes (610-560 BC), who had conquered Smyrna and that after fighting the Milesians made a treaty with them. His son, Croesus, ending the conquest of the coast of Ionia and after defeating it became part of the Persian Empire. Still Miletus continued to maintain its economic and cultural independence.
Egypt and Mesopotamia were two civilizations coexisted with the Greek but, although they were parallels between them, only if Greek philosophy and was developed which had to prevail against the hegemony of thought to the religious imposition. They shared that Egypt and Mesopotamia had also made great advances in the field of science, such as Herodotus and Aristotle tell us referring to geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, etc.. The issue is that development of these sciences in Egypt and Babylon was primarily motivated by practical needs. While the Greeks was interested in science itself, as abstractions, the Egyptians were more concerned about advancing science to know how to raise taxes or distribute plots of land.
There was another similarity between the Egyptians and Greeks, however, did not lead to the same conclusion, and was to have a social stratum with the material needs largely met. As Aristotle tells us in the case of the Egyptians was the priestly caste which had that ability, in the Greek case were noble and wealthy classes. But again only in Greece this might be a starting point for philosophical thought which existed in Egypt until the wealthy continued to hold firm beliefs in religion.
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