Thursday, March 26, 2009

Babylon philosophy ?

How did Babylonian philosophy influence Western philosophy? I%26#039;ve been trying to find a good website, but haven%26#039;t had the best of luck..
Babylon philosophy ?
It looks like they didn%26#039;t get nearly as far as the Greeks did. Pre-Grecian civilizations like Babylon and Sumer aren%26#039;t remembered for their philosophy because they relied more on mythology and because they didn%26#039;t have the freedom of speech that Greece was to have. Most intellectuals worked for the king%26#039;s court.





There is a section on philosophy in the wikipedia article on Babylonian literature. They did figure out some logic, which enabled them to do astronomy and medicine and may have had some influence on the Greeks.

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