Since ancient times, mankind has sought to knowthe world that surrounds them. Curiosity and striving for the unknown throughout the time led a person forward, forcing him to make great discoveries. Now in a world full of information and accumulated knowledge, a person solves much more complicated tasks than those that his ancestors faced in the distant past.
Sometimes the question is, what is neededclassical philosophy? Many even call it pseudoscience, because it does not seem to carry specific knowledge. Such an opinion is difficult to challenge, and it is also not easy to explain why it is we who master the knowledge that was comprehended many centuries ago.
For the beginning it is worth deciding what place it takesphilosophy in the hierarchical structure of science. Any knowledge of man began with a general argument as to what could be. In fact, the basis of any science is a huge philosophical layer. Scientists' minds discussed the subject of possible development, and only then specific data were entered and calculations were carried out.
Итак, классическая философия - это, с одной hand, the forerunner of all scientific disciplines, on the other hand, is a very significant contribution, which influenced the formation of the worldview. And it is precisely the second meaning that is now very often forgotten, because a person simply needs certain guidelines and postulates that will allow him to systematize his knowledge and thoughts.
Ancient period
The brightest period is antique, becausethat it was at this time that outstanding thinkers appeared who laid the foundation for the future development of the sciences. Here we can distinguish two main types - Greek and Eastern philosophy.
If we consider in detail the classical periodancient philosophy, it can be divided into several stages, which are characterized by certain features. In total, any philosophical trends from the 12th century fall into the antique period. BC and up to the 7th century. AD - almost 2 thousand years.
These include the writings of Homer, the works of Pythagoras, Democritus, and Leucipus, as well as various works by Eastern sages.
Classical philosophy in the representation of the ancient Greeks coveredmain life processes surrounding people. Then their civilization was at the very beginning of development, and they represented the world as a huge accumulation of various processes, life and nature. In fact, the Greek classical philosophy of the time is an attempt to systematize knowledge, to streamline them and to trace the various patterns.
Great importance was given to mythology,sensual images, metaphors, but at the same time attempts were made to link all this with the resulting knowledge about the infinite cosmos and the universe. At that time, the non-reflective form of consciousness dominated, i.e. a person did not pay such close attention to himself, therefore the image of the world at that time and the real world did not differ, but they did not coincide either.
Late periods of classical philosophy
Ancient philosophy of the classical periodcharacterized, in the first place, by the birth of deep, fundamental philosophical systems and various classical schools: the Platonic school, the peripatetic school, skepticism, and the Epicurean school.
In the subsequent stages of the development of historyRome dominated the role, so he had a major influence on the formation of philosophical views. Greek views received their subsequent development simultaneously with the formation of new trends and trends. All this had a significant impact on the formation of worldviews of mankind at that time, on the establishment of principles of morality and law, as well as on the development of science and other key branches of human existence.
