Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Cromer , Alan (1995-08-24), Uncommon Sense: The Heretical Nature of Science, Oxford University Press, USA, Retrieved on 2011-05-18
Folksonomies: science skepticism Memes
18 MAY 2011
How Greek Civilization Came Together
The development of objective thinking by the Greeks appears to have required a number of specific cultural factors. First was the assembly, where men first learned to persuade one another by means of rational debate. Second was a maritime economy that prevented isolation and parochialism. Third was the existence of a widespread Greekspeaking world around which travelers and scholars could wander. Fourth was the existence of an independent merchant class that could hire its own teachers. Fifth...And it only happened once.