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Ancient Greek philosophy

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philosophical origins and foundation of western civilization

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Law is both an engine for government, and a condition restraining government. The canon law of the Church, and the civil law of the State, owe to Justinian’s lawyers their influence on the development of Europe. They established in the Western mind the ideal that an authority should be at once lawful, and law-enforcing, and should in itself exhibit a rationally adjusted system of organisation. The sixth century in…
Alfred North Whitehead, Science and the modern world
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Summary. The Greeks were induced to philosophize by the increasing failure of their traditional customs and beliefs to regulate life. Thus they were led to criticize custom adversely and to look for some other source of authority in life and belief.
John Dewey, Democracy and Education
Close in meaning to Ancient Greek philosophy; the term itself is not named.
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Greek philosophy seems to begin with a preposterous fancy, with the proposition that _water_ is the origin and mother-womb of all things. Is it really necessary to stop there and become serious?
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Early Greek Philosophy & Other Essays Collected Works, Volume Two
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