classical greek humanism

CLASSICAL GREEK CLASSICAL GREEK HUMANISMHUMANISM

THE HELLENIC PERIODTHE HELLENIC PERIOD

THE CLASSICAL PERIODTHE CLASSICAL PERIOD

““MAN IS THE MEASURE OF MAN IS THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS.” ALL THINGS.” PROTAGORAS PROTAGORAS

HUMANISMHUMANISM

MAN IS AT THE CENTERMAN IS AT THE CENTER

HUMAN REASONHUMAN REASON

• THE POWER TO THINK AND REASON THE POWER TO THINK AND REASON GAVE MAN HIS WORTHGAVE MAN HIS WORTH

• NO AUTHORITY HIGHER THAN NO AUTHORITY HIGHER THAN REASONREASON

• ‘‘GOD” WAS AN ABSTRACT IDEA NOT GOD” WAS AN ABSTRACT IDEA NOT A PERSONAL PRESENCEA PERSONAL PRESENCE

CLASSICAL EDUCATIONCLASSICAL EDUCATION

• PEDAGOGUE- PEDAGOGUE- TUTORTUTOR

• INDIVIUDALIZED INDIVIUDALIZED INSTRUCTIONINSTRUCTION

• MALE ORIENTEDMALE ORIENTED• GIRLS WERE GIRLS WERE

EDUCATED IN THE EDUCATED IN THE AREA OF RUNNING AREA OF RUNNING A HOUSEHOLD AND A HOUSEHOLD AND RAISING CHILDRENRAISING CHILDREN

CLASSICAL ART AND CLASSICAL ART AND ARCHITECTUREARCHITECTURE

• GLORIFIED THE HUMAN BEINGGLORIFIED THE HUMAN BEING

• PERFECT PROPORTION AND FORMPERFECT PROPORTION AND FORM

• FOCUS ON BEAUTYFOCUS ON BEAUTY

• BUILDINGS REFLECTED BUILDINGS REFLECTED MATHEMATICAL PROPORTIONMATHEMATICAL PROPORTION

• HUMAN SCALEHUMAN SCALE

• PERFECTION AND LOGICPERFECTION AND LOGIC

SCULPTURESCULPTURE

ARCHITECTUREARCHITECTURE

ARCHITECTUREARCHITECTURE

CLASSICAL LITERATURECLASSICAL LITERATURE

• HERODOTUS- HERODOTUS- HISTORYHISTORY

AESOPAESOP

• FABLES- STORIES FABLES- STORIES WITH A MORAL WITH A MORAL LESSONLESSON

DRAMADRAMA

• SOPHOCLESSOPHOCLES– OEDIPUS REXOEDIPUS REX– ANTIGONEANTIGONE

OEDIPUS REXOEDIPUS REX

GREEK PHILOSOPHYGREEK PHILOSOPHY

• THE GREEKS WERE THE FIRST TO THE GREEKS WERE THE FIRST TO USE ABSTRACT THOUGHT TO USE ABSTRACT THOUGHT TO EXPLORE LIFE’S BIG QUESTIONSEXPLORE LIFE’S BIG QUESTIONS– WHO AM IWHO AM I– WHERE DID I COME FROMWHERE DID I COME FROM– WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONGWHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG– WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFEWHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE

GREEK PHILOSOPHYGREEK PHILOSOPHY

• SOPHISTS-WANDERING TEACHERSSOPHISTS-WANDERING TEACHERS– FOCUSED ON RHETORIC FOCUSED ON RHETORIC – REJECTED THE IDEA OF A SINGLE REJECTED THE IDEA OF A SINGLE

UNIVERSAL TRUTHUNIVERSAL TRUTH– STRESSED CIVIC DUTY STRESSED CIVIC DUTY – ARETEARETE- EXCELLENCE IN ALL THINGS- EXCELLENCE IN ALL THINGS

MAJOR GREEK PHILOSOPHERSMAJOR GREEK PHILOSOPHERS

• SOCRATESSOCRATES

PLATOPLATO

• STUDENT OF STUDENT OF PLATOPLATO

• WROTE WROTE – THE REPUBLICTHE REPUBLIC– THE APOLOGYTHE APOLOGY

ARISTOTLEARISTOTLE

• STUDENT OF PLATOSTUDENT OF PLATO

• TUTOR TO ALEXANDERTUTOR TO ALEXANDER