The Golden Age Of Philosophy

The Golden Age of philosophy endured the world’s most dominant philosophers of all time, the teachings of the big three: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle remain prevalent in society still today and echo in the structure of government, politics, and ethics in almost every facet of western civilization. To begin, the text that follows will be a structured examination of multiple elements of the philosophy belabored by the Ancient Greeks and how the Ancient Greek culture shaped the delivery of the philosophy still prevalent in society modern day. Key areas of focus will include Greek society and its influence on the construct and development of western civilization. Additionally, the unique religious order in place at the time of the big three.

As noted above, Plato emitted the belief that within the being that is intellectual, their soul is a separate entity than that of their physical body. Of course, this is an example of the first contradictory views of the two regarding self, given that Aristotle insists that both the body and soul are two entities that are actually inseparable. This philosophy is coined the philosophy of hylomorphism. Hylomorphism according to Stanford.edu is a philosophical theory developed by Aristotle, which conceives being as a compound of matter and form. In Aristotle’s philosophy, the soul of a human being is the form or the structure of the human body or the human matter, i.e., the functional organization in virtue of which human beings are able to perform their characteristic activities of life, including growth, nutrition, reproduction, perception, imagination, desire, and thinking (Critchley,

To explain, individuals that essentially make up a community reflect a sense of that community within their self therefore individuality identity and community actually go hand in hand with one another. Altogether, the apparent bond of community established and comprised collectively by the diversity of individuality comprises the establishment of identity which in turn remain a reflection of individuality for the individual. To put it simply, A Bostonian identifies with a unique accent, Irish heritage, and a blue collar salt of the earth attitude. Of course these are individual traits, but exists as a reflection of community. Perhaps best explained by Sandal, “Individual identities are, then, indissolubly bound up within the social-relational context so as to render incoherent the individualist conception of