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| | After this philosophical golden age other systems appear, like [[Cynicism|The Cynicism]], [[Stoicism|The Stoicism]], [[Epicureanism|The Epicureanism]] and [[Skepticism|The Skepticism]]. | | After this philosophical golden age other systems appear, like [[Cynicism|The Cynicism]], [[Stoicism|The Stoicism]], [[Epicureanism|The Epicureanism]] and [[Skepticism|The Skepticism]]. |
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| − | :: ''Greek philosophers were among the first in the West to explore nature in a rational way and to make educated guesses about the creation of the world and the universe. This is why Greece is often referred to as the birthplace of Western culture.'' <ref> [http://www.thebigview.com/greeks/] </ref> | + | :: ''Greek philosophers were among the first in the West to explore nature in a rational way and to make educated guesses about the creation of the world and the universe. This is why Greece is often referred to as the birthplace of Western culture.'' <ref> [http://www.thebigview.com/greeks/ Greek Philosophy] </ref> |
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| − | At the closing period of Greek philosophy [[Neoplatonism]] is founded by Plotinus of Lycopolis; it ''emphasis is a scientific philosophy of religion, in which the doctrine of Plato is fused with the most important elements in the Aristotelian and Stoic systems. <ref> [http://www.iep.utm.edu/g/greekphi.htm#Skepticism] </ref>'' | + | At the closing period of Greek philosophy [[Neoplatonism]] is founded by Plotinus of Lycopolis; it ''emphasis is a scientific philosophy of religion, in which the doctrine of Plato is fused with the most important elements in the Aristotelian and Stoic systems. <ref> [http://www.iep.utm.edu/g/greekphi.htm#Skepticism Greek Philosophy] </ref>'' |
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| | Western culture is the heir of this Greek Philosophy that came to our days through the [[Hellenistic]] philosophers, the medieval [[Muslim]] philosophers, the European [[The Renaissance|Renaissance]] and the [[Enlightenment]]. | | Western culture is the heir of this Greek Philosophy that came to our days through the [[Hellenistic]] philosophers, the medieval [[Muslim]] philosophers, the European [[The Renaissance|Renaissance]] and the [[Enlightenment]]. |
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| | *[http://www2.forthnet.gr/presocratics/indeng.htm Presocratic philosophers Greek Philosophy] | | *[http://www2.forthnet.gr/presocratics/indeng.htm Presocratic philosophers Greek Philosophy] |
| | *[http://www.abu.nb.ca/courses/GrPhil/IndexGrPh.htm Ancient Greek Philosophy Greek Philosophy] | | *[http://www.abu.nb.ca/courses/GrPhil/IndexGrPh.htm Ancient Greek Philosophy Greek Philosophy] |
| − | *[http://www.classicpersuasion.org/pw/burnet/egp.htm?chapter=introduction ] | + | *[http://www.classicpersuasion.org/pw/burnet/egp.htm?chapter=introduction Early Greek Philosophy] |
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| | == References == | | == References == |