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The Birth of Western Philosophy - Emanuele Severino
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The Birth of Western Philosophy - Emanuele Severino

The birth of philosophy and the first greek philosophers. Learn everything about philosophy.
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Last updated 4/2023
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What you'll learn

  • 24 masterclasses and 1 hour and more of content
  • You will learn about the Presocratic Philosophers and their theories
  • You will learn how the Western philosophy was born
  • Tthe Western thinking was born 2500 years ago and still generate the way of modern thinking

Course content

4 sections • 27 lectures • 1h 29m total length

  • Introduction0:37
  • The Western world6:36

    Explore how western society's history from world wars to the cold war shapes the birth of philosophy, highlighting science, technology, capitalism, real socialism, and the central role of truth.

  • The early thinkers3:18

    Explore how sixth-century b.c. thinkers in Miletus, led by Anaximander, shifted from myth to reason to explain the origin of things and nature.

  • The search for truth3:46

    Trace how truth is spoken by science, religion, and art. Show philosophy born from salma, fear of want and pain, as Aristotle notes.

  • The mith1:53

    Explore how ancient polytheistic cultures shaped myths to explain natural phenomena by attributing power to human-like gods, later transformed by poets like Homer and Hesiod into enduring western tales.

  • The value of myth2:17

    Explore how myth provides a divine sense of the world that defends life from pain and death, and why humans seek remedies beyond myth.

  • From myth to philosophy2:37

    Traces the shift from myth to philosophy, showing how myth as production shapes world's meaning and how philosophy seeks truth to remedy death and pain, not a dream.

  • Love of wisdom?6:34

    Trace the word philosophy from love, care, and attention to light and witness, signaling a shift from myth to philosophy and noting theory as contemplation in early Greek thought.

  • The search of the Arche3:39

    Trace the pre-Socratic quest for the arche, the first principle of all things, from water to air and fire to earth, and Heraclitus' becoming through opposites.

  • The greek meaning of truth6:38

    Explore the Greek concept of truth through aletheia and episteme. See how not hidden knowledge becomes deniable in light of reason, revealing philosophy's birth beyond religious faith.

Requirements

  • Interest in philosophy and i culture
  • Attending the course does not need any philosophical skill since it is presented in a clear and simple manner

Description

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In this masterclass Emanuele Severino, one of the most important contemporary Italian philosophers, explains us Presocratics and the birth of philosophy.

The Presocratics were the first thinkers to reject mythological explanations of the world and to explore the rational principles of reality. The works of Thales, Heraclitus and Parmenides paved the way for the thoughts of Plato and Aristotle; their theories gave the birth of the Western philosophy.

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  • Everyone interested in birth of philosophy and presocratics
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  • Attending the course does not need any philosophical skill since it is presented in a clear and simple manner
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With this course you will learn:

  • Over 27 lectures and 1.5 hours of content!
  • 24 masterclasses and 1.5 hour and more of content
  • You will learn about the Presocratic Philosophers and their theories
  • You will learn how the Western philosophy was born
  • You will take a deep dive into philosophical world

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