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Great Religions and Philosophies. : Greek Philosophy.
In the 6th century B.C, there began a dualism in Greek Philosophy. The
development of Greek Philosophy became a compromise between Greek monistic and
oriental influences, in other words, a combination of intellectualism and
mysticism. Thus began the pre-Socr ....
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.... for success in battle or deliverance in wants and wishes. Homeric
songs tells stories of how man realizes that all events are governed by natural
laws. In the Homeric world, fantastic beliefs and superstitions governed one
important aspect of the ancient Greeks-- immutable fate. Homeric poems reflect
the occasional doubts of the ancient Greeks in prophecy, and the observation
about the shortness of life, and the suffering of earthly existence.
The great epic writer Hesiod's philosophy of life rests on the idea of
the deterioration of mankind. Hesiod's perspective runs along t ....
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