文档介绍：how does Christianity absorb the ancient Greek philosophy wisdom?
Focal points
1)Christian tradition
2) Democracy
3)Medieval Christian rule
4) Greek rationalism
1)Christian tradition
西方人多数信仰基督教。他们认为,people are granted equality, freedom and 。
It is believed that individualism rests upon the ancient Christian---Jewish belief that each individual human being, however mean his world status , as a son of God, has a dignity and worth which is equal to that of every other man.
比如:separation of Man and Nature
Origin from both
Christianity and ancient Greek
1)Nature circumstance: in ancient Greece----for the sake merce, it was necessary to predict storms( to know the laws of nature and to conquer the nature)
2)The Judeo ----Christian tradition----man is created separate from the nature and given dominion over it by God
2) Democracy
最早实现议会民主的现代国家,大多数都是基督教国家,民主制度的真正起源来自哪里呢?
Democracy is generally defined as a form of
government in which all the people have an equal say in the decisions the affect their lives.
es from Greek means" rule of the people”
2000多年前的古希腊社会就已经有了比较完善的民主政体,有了议会制度,有了元老院。
The Greek city state of Athens established what is generally held as the first democracy in 507BC.
Athenian democracy is not only the model of ancient Greece, but of the whole model of the ancient world. Athenian democracy is not only the first of human history ,but also directly affect the future generation of western political ,如英语、法语、德语、西班牙语、俄语等语言中的“民主”一词,都是从古希腊语的“demokratia”一词演变而来。古希腊语中的“demokratia”一词,由“demos”和“kratos”两部分构成,“demos”的意思是“人民”、“地区”,“kratos”的意思是“统治”、“管理”,因此所谓“民主”是指“人民的统治”或者“人民的管理”。
所谓的希腊“民主时代”,是指公元前6世纪到公元前4世纪这段时期。
Direct democracy where the people do not elect representatives to vote to their behavior but vote on legislation and executive bills in their own right.
雅典实行民主化程度最高的“直接民主制”。在伯里克利时代,雅典所有的官职向全体公民开放,任何人都可以通过抽签选举方式(十将军除外)担任政府中的各级官职。雅典的政府官员都有任期,通常为一年,而且大多数的官职,不得连选连任,以避免结党营私。雅典还实行委员会制,凡是重大事务均由集体作出决定,由集体负责。
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