The Classical Heritage

 Introduction  Greek Philosophy  Roman Legacy ◦ Writers ◦ History ◦ Law ◦ Empire ◦ Latin

 Greek Philosophy ◦ Plato  Anti-relativistic  Socrates and moral instruction  The Forms or Ideas  Relation to Neo-Platonists and mystics  Timaeus only dialogue known direction in West

◦ Aristotle  Form and matter joined  Logic  Ethics of moderation  Science - spheres ◦ Boethius  Translator of Greek philosophy  Particularly Aristotle ◦ Other Greek writers not known directly in the West

◦ Major Writers  Cicero  Father of Eloquence – Rhetoric  Importance of On Friendship  Scipio’s Dream

 Virgil  Aeneid  Dido and Love  Pilgrimage and Aeneas’ journey  4 th Eclogue

 Ovid  Metamorphoses – source of pagan myths  Amores

◦ History  Livy  Suetonius  Sallust

◦ Law  Roman Law  Justinian Code

 Virgil  Holy Roman Empire  Dante

 Church  Universities  European lingua franca