Herodotus/Class Discussion

Jose Betancourt

World History 1

Dr. Andrews

10/05/12

                                                Herodotus/Class Discussion

            It is amazing and so interesting how much effort and honor Greeks of the past have given to society and the world. Their Hubris and humanism was certain and real in the History of Herodotus. While reading the passage I read, “Spartans were preparing to do or die manfully”(The History of Herodotus Reading). Greeks were people of pride, but people who were also very human. Humanism as discussed in class its not simply having some feelings or emotions about certain aspects of reality. Humanism is hard to explain, but Humanism is in simply terms explaining the world from a human-centric understanding. Humans are in essence the most important. Reality, culture, eating, drinking, relating etc, are acts of humans and one should concentrate all efforts to think of humans all the time are humanism ideals.  Lastly to outline the Greeks humanism as well, as discussed in class, here is an example, “I incline to think that Leonidas gave the order, because he perceived the allies to be out of heart and unwilling to encounter the danger to which his own mind was made up”(Herodotus Reading). The real and truth about the Greeks is that they had a heart while Persians did not (according to the historian Herodotus).