4. The Great Philosophers
During the Greek “Golden Age” playwrights, artists, historians and philosophers flocked to Athens from all over the Mediterranean to debate ideas and discuss the fundamental questions of life: What is […]
Classical Greece and Rome
3. The Greek Historians
For a long time, the Greeks’ interest in the past was largely concerned with mythical stories – tales of events involving supernatural beings or Gods – that were passed down […]
2. The Sophists
The Sophists – derived from the Greek word sophia meaning wisdom – were professional teachers who offered educational services to the citizens of Greek city-states for a fee. They prepared […]
1. Classical Greece and Rome: A Brief History
Our journey through the history of Western political and social thought begins in the 5th century BC on a peninsula and archipelago of islands in South Eastern Europe – the […]