The Ideals
The Ancient Hellenic Ideals have been well presented in Edith Hamilton's
The Greek Way, and they include:
- importance and worth of the individual
- concept of freedom
- value of seeking the truth and being guided by it
- principle of democracy allowing all citizens to govern
themselves
- awareness of perfect beauty leading us to higher aspirations
- use of ethics as a guide in everything, including the
Hippocratic Oath taken by physicians
- importance of studying writing, gymnastics, philosophy, music,
and painting
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