The Athens Dialogues - An International Conference on Culture and Civilization

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Summary: Mathematics has always played a fundamental role in the development of civilization. In ancient Greece, mathematics referred both to geometry and precise thinking (or “logic”) and proof. Many art forms such as sculpture and architecture reached new heights in ancient Greece because of mathematical knowledge. Over the centuries mathematics…[Read more]

Summary: Throughout history and notably during the Renaissance period, the legacy of ancient Greek culture has been used as a source of information, inspiration and the expression of ideas. Today we can draw from the ancient Greek experience in our dealings with the moral aspects of technology. Looking at the examples of mythology, economy,…[Read more]

Summary: Stop a particle physicist in the street and you will soon be hearing that the world is simple and symmetrical. But stop a biologist, an economist, or a social scientist, and you will hear quite the opposite: the world is a higgledy-piggledy collection of complexities that owes little to symmetry and displays precious little […]

Summary: Do ancient Greek concepts of the human mind have any application to modern neuroscience? This paper examines the ideas of three major Greek tragedians and compares them to current neuroscientific terms. The first concept, genetic determinism, relates to Aeschylus’ emphasis on the deterministic force of the chorus. Second, the capacity of…[Read more]