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2016-05-27 BBC:古代圣贤:苏格拉底 Socrates-1
Since the dawn of civilization, the forces of nature and the whims of gods held sway over humanity. But 2,500 years ago, human kind experienced a profound transformation. Suddenly, there were new possibilities.
“This is a time rationality overrode superstition and belief.”
“This is an ethic which does not rely on the gods.”
“Their world is not explained in terms of natural forces.”
“We are now responsible for our own destiny.”
Upheavals across the globe sparked an ambitious vision of what humans could achieve, spearheaded by three t___________ – Socrates, Confucius and the B______, great thinkers from the ancient world whose ideas still shape our own lives.
“Is wealth a good thing?”
“How do you create a just society?”
“How do I live a good life?”
By daring to think the unthinkable, they laid the f___________ of our modern world.
I’ve always been i________ by the fact that these men who live many thousands of miles apart, seems s____________ and within 100 years of one another to come up with such radical ideas.
So what was going on? I went to investigate their r____________ ideas to understand what set them in motion, this time Socrates. So thrilling, imagine those big new ideas could possibly be enacted there.
He was the soldier whose bravery in battle was matched by the i___________ courage of his ideas. Socrates encouraged his fellow citizens to rationally examine every aspect of their lives.
Does the person who possesses knowledge in a big way know everything?
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t know?”
“I don’t know. I give up. I give up.”
I’m going to inhabit his world to examine how his subversive philosophy challenged s____________ belief that engrained for m________ and to discover how his search for truth led to his downfall. |