Historical Context and Thales of Miletus – Lecture 2 (History of Philosophy)

Full Playlist:    • History of Philosophy (2024)   Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/... _________VIDEO CONTENTS_________ 0:00 What is Philosophy? 11:05 Historical Context 12:27 Egypt 18:24 Bronze Age Collapse 23:07 Early Mesopotamia 25:43 Assyrians 30:43 Babylonia, Media, Lydia, and Persia 33:50 Mediterranean 550 BC 38:00 Rise of Persia 46:41 Minoans 50:26 Myceneans 54:56 Dark Ages and the Dorians 1:02:19 Sparta 1:13:12 Before Philosophy 1:26:35 Thales 1:28:29 Thales' Achievements 1:35:35 Thales' Philosophy 2:03:02 Class Questions _________VIDEO Outline_________ Historical Context: Egypt and the Bronze Age Collapse Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians Minoans, Myceneans, and the Greeks Homer, Hesiod, and Sparta Ionian Philosophers Thales of Miletus