https://freethinker.co.uk/2023/11/the-greek-mind-was-something-special-interview-with-charles-freeman/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-greek-mind-was-something-special-interview-with-charles-freeman The magazine of freethought, open enquiry and irreverence Sun, 26 Nov 2023 04:59:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://freethinker.co.uk/2023/11/the-greek-mind-was-something-special-interview-with-charles-freeman/#comment-229 Sun, 26 Nov 2023 04:59:54 +0000 https://freethinker.co.uk/?p=10871#comment-229 Jonathan Sacks published one book I read in which his hostility towards Greek philosophy was visceral and – I thought – utterly dishonest.
I am not alone in this observation.
See – as just one example – https://www.philosophyforlife.org/blog/rabbi-sacks-is-too-harsh-on-greek-philosophy
I enjoyed reading the above Charles Freeman article.
I think he is right about the way in which medieval religionism led to a substantial decline in open-minded thinking and reasoning.

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