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The Birth of Philosophy

In this video I establish some foundations for my new series on Ancient Greek Philosophy. Specifically, I go over the context in which philosophy was born, or rather the one where philosophy was allowed to flourish. Few people think about him when discussing ancient Greek philosophers, but Hesiod marks the first step towards what we traditionally call philosophy, so in this video I cover how his Theogony paved the way for the Ionian philosophers — Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes — whom I will cover in the next few videos.

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Chapter Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:21 Series Overview and Disclaimers
01:14 Philosophy Defined
01:30 Hesiod's Theogony
03:12 Hesiod as the precursor of Philosophy

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Sources:

Herodotus. Theogony
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/t...

Laks, A. & Most, G. W. (eds.) (2016). Early Greek Philosophy. Loeb Classical Library 525-532. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press