During the Greek Era, philosophy broke away from the traditional religious approach and began to focus more on reasoning and evidence, or science. This period would become the transition from the earlier days of blind faith to a period of analytical thinking,giving man a fresh method and perspective to examine the world around us and question why things happened.This revolution society can be seen through the many works of the era, such as the AntikytheraEphebe. Founded in 1900, the AntikytheraEphebe is a1.94 meters bronze statue of a man reaching out grasping for an object. The artist of this metal work portrayed the social change through the detailed anatomy of a man, symbolizing the connection between man and the gods as one, and the arms of the statue as it begins to reach out, grasping for knowledge, grasping for the new philosophical view, grasping for reasoning; emphasizing reasoning and science, but at the same time, the artist is emphasizing religion by creating the statue in the image of the Greek god of herds and herald of the gods, Hermes. This new counterpoint perceptionemphasized science and religion by contrast, what science cannot explain, religion will, and when religion seems hard to believe, science will often validate something in it that will renew belief.For example, when it was discovered that life can only come from previous life, the question arose “Where did the first life then come from?”This philosophical way of rationalizing will fall into a coma when the Roman Empire collapses and enters into the Medieval Age, but will be resurrected by the Renaissance bringing back an innovative take on life, once again revolutionizing the way mankind reasons and vindicates themselves from primitive ways by exposing the flaws of man.
This contrast between science and religion was a predominant conflict but produced useful information for the future. They had seen things as being all about the Gods for so long that by some men having these new perspectives, history's path altered significantly. This conflict opened up unanswered questions and left the philosophers wanting more. This ambition is what has led us to where we are today. This answer is well written, sufficiently answers the question, and is on an interesting topic.
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ReplyDeleteBefore the Greek times, people just believed in Gods and other without looking for proof and information like questioning the world. When he Greeks arrived, however, people tried to analyze everything and the Greek era shifted from blind faith to scientific reasoning. The statue of Antikythera Ephebe, made in the image of a God, shows the great change that was made during this time/era. The performer of this art work portrayed this metal through the comprehensive composition of man, putting a connection between God and man. Gods are “created” in image (and personality) of man. This is the intimate relationship with man. This figure is also reaching out to knowledge as well as new philosophical view, highlighting the logic behind reasoning and science. When there’s science, there’s always religion. Religion is based on faith, while science is based on fact. The statement, “what religion and science cannot explain, religion will, and when religion seems hard to believe, science will be there to renew that belief” shows that religion and science can be emphasized each other by contrast.
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