Western Civilization I / Unit 4 WC1 0308 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Humanism: The Thread Through Everything Greek
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The idea
The anchor's master concept for the age is humanism: humankind as inherently beautiful, capable and creative. Greeks sacrificed and consulted oracles, but the anchor finds a pragmatic indifference to the gods beneath the ritual.
In practice
Xenophanes dismissing human-shaped, meddling gods.
Where people slip
The indifference is the anchor's characterization, attributed. Ritual continued.
Your place on the trail
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