Philosophy definitely arose, but where and when is not clear. There are likely answers. And this is good. But it's bad that these are the most general hypotheses. About them — in this podcast.
Guest — Evgeny Loginov, Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor, Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University, MCCS employee, Editor-in-chief of the Date Compote magazine
Moderator — Anton Kuznetsov, Ph.D., research associate at the Center for Consciousness Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University
Timecode:
00:00 - Introduction
02:51 - Greece, India — yes, China — probably not
05:15 - Why does philosophy not arise before the 6th century BC?
07:27 - The role of political organization in the emergence of philosophy and public spaces for discussion
11:05 - The weakness of the priesthood and the monopoly on knowledge
13:14 - Good geographical location of city-states
14:50 - Poor condition of the sources and a different sense of history in the past
16:13 - The emergence of phonetic writing and the democratization of knowledge
18:55 - Scribes in the ancient world: how important it is to learn to write and not to drink
22:39 - From myth to logos, Nestle formula
25:02 - What are myths?
27:00 - Dialogue between master and slave. The first philosophical question
29:34 - The emergence of philosophy and the solar eclipse. Lack of a myth system
31:58 - Nothing came from Thales, but one line from Anaximander. Again the problem of sources
33:51 - The origin of the word “philosophy”
35:05 - These are just hypotheses
37:30 - The earliest use of the word “philosophy". Heraclitus of Ephesus
41:30 - Summary from Mary
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