Class 3/27, Outline

Notes:

• Epicureanism and Stoicism: 
• founded the school of philosophy (Zeno founded the school called Stoicism) 
• Stoicis proposed that people should live virtuous lives in harmony with the will of god or the natural laws that God established to run the universe, also that wanting power and wealth and material things is unrealistic and dangerous desires that caused pain and unhappiness, encouraged followers focused on what they could control
• Epicurus founded the school of thought called Epicureanism, he thought gods were disinterested with humans and ruled the universe as they wanted, believed only real objects were things you could feel with your five senses, thought main goal of humans was to achieve harmony with body and mind, believed in everything in moderation  
• Epicurean- a person devoted to pursuing human pleasures, especially the enjoyment of good food
• Sculpture: 
• Colossus of Rhodes-a bronze statue more than 100 ft tall, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world 
• 150 B.C. the Hellenistic World was on the decline, Rome was growing and gaining strength 
• Describe the differences between the governments: aristocracy, monarchy, oligarchy, democracy
• Describe the philosophies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
• Describe the evolution of Greek Civilization from the Minoans, Mycenaeans, and Dorians