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The Greek, Roman and Ancient philosophies
The Greeks are considered as the great thinkers and humanists of the ancient world. They were famous because of their religious culture, art work and literature. Fiero refers Greeks to the humanistic time whereby great historians composed the History of Polynesian War, which celebrated the culture of Greeks in Athens. This was just an example of humanist in the culture of Greeks by expressing the spirit of Greek people, their culture and the community.
To express the Greek culture, statues and paintings were used. In relation to the Greek, Roman and ancient philosophies, the philosophical tradition broke the world and it instigated a practice based on the evidence and reason. Initially, the Greek, Roman and ancient philosophies were concerned with describing the pre-Socratic philosopher and their theories were expressed in none achieved and diverse consensus, while the legacies were the instigation of the quest to determine the underlying facts.
Fiero explained that in the mentioned philosophies human bodies were art work and he provided an example of the Parthenon to signify the style of architecture. Religion beliefs are the philosophies which are still evident in today’s customs. During the ancient years, the philosophy of religion in relation to gods was considered selfishly and was driven by different emotions including jealousy and favouritism.
The gods behave like the normal people, but they were considered immortal with supernatural powers. The gods embodied nature forces and Fiero provided that Zeus was the king of all gods and the god of the sky. The Greek, Roman and ancient philosophies showed that there exists earth goddess, god of sea as well as the sun god during the past years. The minor gods performed special roles including the god of war and the goddess of love. Gods were being used to express everything string from human emotions to weather changes.
While the collection of religious beliefs changes in centuries, the portrayal of gods in today practices is expressed by pride, arrogance and ambitions which enable the gods to cause disgrace and downfall of an individual. The religious beliefs are also expressed using holy places where the temple high priest interprets the opinions and wishes of gods for people who can afford and have asked to pay. Sacrifices and prayers to gods are offered by individual families following the household shrines.
Applications of Philosophies
Pre-Socratic, stoicism, Neo-Platonism and scepticism are used to explain how philosophies are expressed. They provide philosophy applications in ancient and recent times.
Stoicism
Stoicism involves the doctrines to the organization and nature of the universe. This application provides that all true beings are corporeal, and in physics, the foundation of stoic doctrine provides two major principles, including force and matter. The two principles are equal and they explain that everything in the universe is of independent existence. Everything is associated with irreversible causation chain. The conformity of the law and nature and human practices and the will with the divine life is virtue. The basic virtues of Plato are fully satisfactory for happiness and are incompetent of other degree differences. The good practices have equal merits; therefore all can as well be considered as bad actions.
Skepticism
Skepticism also shows the practical propensity of happiness as provided in Stoicism. Fiero shows difference of opinion towards the possibility of achieving truth through reasoning or by sensory apprehension; therefore inferring the need of complete suspension of judgment on various issues. This shows that philosophies can be express from different bondages to theories, thus resulting in the establishment of true happiness. The latest expression of philosophies based on scepticism is fused with various stoic dogmas and Platonism. This provides way for Eclecticism whereby the antiquity which is liable following the Greek philosophy has spread throughout the Roman world. The Roman philosophy; therefore, becomes the expansion of Greek tradition. Following the Christian time, Pythagoreanism, I the revived form took place in the essential systems, the Pyrrhonian scepticism was reintroduce and it developed through the Sextus Empiricus.
Neo-Platonism
Neo-Platonism involves the closing time of Greek philosophy during the third century through the development of Neo-Platonism in Rome. It focuses on the scientific philosophy of religion whereby the Plato doctrine was fused with the most essential elements in Stoic and Aristotelian systems, as well as with the Eastern assumptions. At the top of existence s appear the Good or One being the source of everything. Soul is considered the copy of reason and is derived in one as explained by Fiero. Therefore, nature is considered as whole an is endowed with soul and life. Soul longs to move away from the bondage of human body and can return to the original source. In philosophical and virtual thought, soul has the authority to promote itself over the reason into the state happiness. To achieve the union with God or Good is the true functions of individual to whom the entire world is absolutely unresponsive. Thwarted with the attempt of resuscitating traditional beliefs, the supporters tried to turn to scientific work, especially towards the Aristotle and Plato, during the interpretation of work they considered as great functions.
