![]() ![]() But, as Cahill points out, the Greeks left a less appealing bequest as well. ![]() Their modes of thinking, considered in classical times to be the pinnacle of human achievement, are largely responsible for the shape that the Christian religion took. They provided the intellectual tools we bring to bear on problems in philosophy, mathematics, medicine, physics, and the other sciences. They are responsible for our vocabulary, our logic, and our entire system of categorization. Greek society is one of the two primeval influences on the Western world: While Jews gave us our value system, the Greeks set the foundation and framework for our intellectual lives. From the origins of Greek culture in the migrations of armed Indo-European tribes into Attica and the Peloponnesian peninsula, to the formation of the city-states, to the birth of Western literature, poetry, drama, philosophy, art, and architecture, Cahill makes the distant past relevant to the present. In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Thomas Cahill explores the legacy, good and bad, of the ancient Greeks. ![]() Many of their achievements, particularly in art and philosophy, are widely celebrated other important innovations and accomplishments, however, are unknown or underappreciated. ![]() The Greeks invented everything from Western warfare to mystical prayer, from logic to statecraft. In the fourth volume of the acclaimed Hinges of History series, Thomas Cahill brings his characteristic wit and style to a fascinating tour of ancient Greece. ![]()
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