2.04- The Gift of Reason

Let’s check out this video to
learn a little bit about ancient

Greece.

Video on Ancient Greece

Pay attention to any things started by the Greeks that are still part of our

society/culture today! Anything sound familiar?

From the video, what did you learn
about the ancient Greek people?

•The video described MANY things that the Greeks came up
with that are part of our society and culture today. What can
you infer the Greek people were like to have come up with so
many big discoveries?

What is the most
important
contribution by the
Greeks to Western
civilization?

-Believed the world is orderly

-Believed humans can figure out and
understand much about the universe

There are MANY

words in our

language today
that came from
Greek words! Do
you see any words
you recognize??

There are also
many fields of
study that have
Greek origins!

Philososphy

Biology

Physics

Geography

How did thinking about
nature progress?

•Before the Greeks, people felt the
gods controlled things and humans
could do little on their own.

•During the time of the Greeks,
people began noticing patterns in
the world around them and they
realized that nature followed certain
patterns and rules.

•After people started noticing these
patterns, philosophers (those who
loved wisdom, studying nature, and
figuring out how humans fit into all
of it) began asking questions to help
them figure out how the universe
worked.

•In modern times, scientists conduct
experiments to try to understand
nature and control it.