S1:E11 – Ancient Greek Philosophy
Socrates invents truth, Plato invents Perfection, Aristotle invents Science
Episode Notes
Socrates and Democratic Logic // Plato and the Tyranny of the Perfect // Aristotle and Living in the World
Socrates and Democratic Logic // Plato and the Tyranny of the Perfect // Aristotle and Living in the World
The Rise of the Phalanx and its Role in Creating Greek Government // The Trireme Navy and the Rise of Athenian Democracy // Women are Left Out of Citizenship
The Persian Wars // The Rise of Athens and its Navy // The Insurance of the Delian League // The Mobster Rule of the Athenian Empire // The Great Violence of Democracy and Slavery // The Ruin of Athens and the Death of Sparta // the Rise of Macedon and the Conquest of the World
The Political Geography of Italy // Rome Surrounded // Endless War and the Invention of the Republic // Women and Citizenship and Independence // Carthage, Hannibal and the War for Control of the World // Roman Republican Empire and Violence
How did the Roman Republic collapse just a few generations after its great victories? // Inequality of Imperial Wealth + Lack of Dignity for Ordinary Romans + Lack of Government Reform. A Modern Collapse for an Ancient System.
Octavian-Augustus wins and kills the Republic // Welfare, the Army, the Government all Change - sometimes for better, Sometimes for Worse.
Civil War // Weak Emperors // No Talent in the Senate // Military Dictators // The Horsemen and Vikings of the Apocalypse, Vandals at the Gates.
Size and geography break up the Subcontinent's cultures // The Indus must control the Mountains (or Pakistan must Control Afghanistan) // Apartheid that works - Caste system keeps kids from having the "wrong" babies with the "wrong" people.
Notes go here
Chandragupta conquers an Empire // Ashoka tries to Run it - a kinder and gentler empire