
Presence in Greek philosophy From blindness to God
Author(s) -
Sahira Hussein Faisal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
al-ustād̲
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2518-9263
pISSN - 0552-265X
DOI - 10.36473/ujhss.v219i2.521
Subject(s) - natural philosophy , philosophy , blindness , philosophy of mind , epistemology , mythology , socrates , ancient greek , natural (archaeology) , metaphysics , history , theology , medicine , linguistics , archaeology , optometry
Our research entitled( Existence in the Greek philosophy of blindness to God) is study about the first problem of philosophy and about the importance of matter in this philosophy, all Greek philosophers discussed this problem : What is the origin of existence and how it had been found? All of them, without exception, found(believed) that the matter is the first and alon origin of the universe and they often name it(matter) with blindness or unclear or unlimited, but this matter was not enough itself to convince Greek mind as the origin of the universe or is the only force that created the universe with the system and the life0all that led the greek mind to doubt with whole philosophy,so that it was(philosophical thinking)stopped for speculation and contented of religious philosophy that was brought by Plotinus, which says that God is the only force that created the universe. we followed the historical method in the study of problem to follow its development in the Greek mind in all its stages ،and we divided the Search into three sections are:
First Search: the myth and natural thinking before Socrates.
The second Search: the humanitarian and scientific philosophy.
The third Search: the practical philosophy