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| Why we are studying Philosophy in this class |
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| Because we are choosing to study the history of ancient philosophers and their study |
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the fields that are included in ancient philosophy:
meteorology, psychology, physics, zoology, botany, astronomy as well as economics and poli sci |
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| the language of philosophy |
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| some techinicalities with this because a common word could me something completely different in philosophical terms or the world could have no meaning at all to the common ear. |
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before Socrates
Thales, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Paramenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Leucippus and Democritus |
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| what did Socrates introduce? |
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mode of questioning
a new dialogue |
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| Socrates in Plato's Euthyphro |
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| trying to falsify religion by saying that if you define what is holy and dear to the gods, but the gods disagree with that then it is unholy |
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| what are the two Platonic traditions that arose? |
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| skepticism and dogmatic or idiomatic platonism |
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| where Aristotle established his school |
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what were Aristotle's daughter fields?
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| biology, physics, metaphysics, rhetoric, politics and more |
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| what did Aristotle develop? |
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| what did Aristotle reject? |
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| Who is Diogenes and what is he responsible for? |
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a philosopher who wanted to fulfill his wants and pleasures in the simplest ways without shame
responsible for creating the cynics |
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semi-monastic group of philosophers that were created by Epicurus.
they deny the immortality of the soul because the universe is an interplay of atoms |
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| philosophers who follow the vitues of wisdom, courage, justice and prudence |
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| trying to revive the opinions of Plato |
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| followers of Plato but also believe in a transcendent God - more like a type of religion than a philosophy |
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| the study of human past based on the physical remains |
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| Describe some of the limits of an excavation |
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-to prove of disprove political claims
-temptation to excavate more than what can be published
- takes years for a proper publication of a excavation |
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| what is classical archaeology? |
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an autonomous discipline
sometimes looked down upon by other archaeologists because it should be its own field - not have a bunch of subfields |
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| who was Johann Joachim Winckelmann |
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| wrote the History of Classical Art |
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| what is the History of Classical Art? |
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a book written by Johann Joachin Wickelmann that has been divided into four parts: Archaic, Sublime (classical), Beautiful (classical), and Decadent (Hellenistic)
trying to make the art chronological |
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| what is the uncomfortable connection between art in the ancient world and the west? |
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| people have been taking art from excavation and sites in antiquity for ages and selling them to museums |
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| what are the top three archaeological procedures? |
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| excavation, survey and underwater |
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| what are the differences between the top three forms of archaeology procedures? |
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excavation: to find artifacts
survey: understand every period in that region
underwater: to understand trade |
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| What are the Institutions of Greek Archaeology? |
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| institutions based on country where you can apply for a permit to excavate a region in Greece |
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| trying to see what's under the surface w/o moving the dirt |
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| geology and geomorphology |
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| how the land has come to be the way it is |
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| taking slides of ceramics and looking at them under a microscope to understand the physical composition of a piece of pottery - where the pot came from |
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| the archaeological evidence from the span of the Romans and the Roman Empire |
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| the way in which parts of the Roman Empire are brought |
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| hill-top sites that served both a defensive purpose and a show off purpose, with people who were defined as war-like and brought in under the Augustan empire |
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the person chosen to find and settle a new colony
examples: Battus, founder of Cyrene |
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a Greek colony founded in 8th century and abandoned in the 3rd century
there may have been roads laid out |
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| a colony similar to Megara |
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earliest Roman colonies in coastal settlements close to Rome and were founded after a series of wars.
an extension of Rome |
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| who settled colonies outside of Italy? |
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| When and where was the first Greek coin created and what was it made from |
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| How many grams is the Athenian tetradrachma and what is it made from |
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weighs 4 drachma's which means it is worth 4 drachmas
17 grams of silver |
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| Describe how you would make a coin |
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1. Purify it
2. Smelt it into a mold to make it a blank or flan
3. Hammer the anvil, which has the die, into the coin twice
4. once in obverse the other in reverse |
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| What were the main expenses from the Roman budget? |
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| the Roman army, the administration and public services |
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| scientific analysis of bones and teeth |
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| what do bioarchaeologists do |
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- find out the sex by looking at the pelvis and the skull
- the age of children and adults
- dentition - tooth evidence
- pathologies
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relatives on fathers side
relatives on mothers side
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| what are on the east and west pediments? |
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east: birth of athena
west: Athena vs. Poseidon |
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north: sack of troy
south: greeks vs. centaurs (centauromachy)
east: gods vs. giants (gigantomachy)
west: greeks vs. amazons (amazonmachy) |
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| a roman aqueduct for the city of Neme |
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how do you build an aqueduct?
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1. find a spring with enough water for a city and higher in elevation
2. build the receiving tank
3. plot the route that is workable
4. the route needs to have as constant of a grade as possible |
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