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| The '''Ionian Enlightenment''' was the set of advances in scientific thought, naturalistic explanations, and the application of rational and scientific criticisms to all spheres of life in ] of ancient Greece in 6th century BC. The Ionian Enlightenment received its origins in both ancient ] and ancient Greek philosophy. The city of ] became the central area to which new philosophers and intellects would share and teach new ideas about their scientific outlooks and aims.<ref>Ian Morris and Barry B. Powell, The Greeks: History, Culture, and Society (Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc., 2006), 172.</ref> | |||
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| Ionia was an essential location for the enlightenment to prosper due to their political standing and communication networks. Ionia, in the 6th century BC, was not ruled by a powerful empire, but it was ruled by smaller, self-governing governments, with intellectual leading figures. Ionia’s political standing allowed the scientific ideas of the enlightenment to gain momentum without having serious restrictions. | |||
| The Ionians were seafaring people, to which their central location in the Mediterranean allowed for extensive trade with ], ], ], Italy, and southern France. The Ionians were able to exchange both materials and ideas, especially with the eastern cultures, which helped develop the ideas of the enlightenment.<ref>Roger Penrose and Erwin Schrödinger, “Ionian Enlightenment,” in ‘Nature and the Greeks’ and ‘Science and Humanism’ (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996), 55.</ref> | |||
| The enlightenment challenged the flawed morality of the gods, suggesting that the will of the gods did not cause the “bad” in the world; rather it was caused by natural means. ] described that natural disasters were caused by the wrath of the gods, however during the enlightenment, a more scientific outlook uprooted superstition and replaced it with natural explanations.<ref>Shunys, “On Herodotus’ Histories,” Vitalect, Inc., http://www.shunya.net/Text/Herodotus/The Greeks.htm.</ref> | |||
| Philosophers removed the gods from their reasoning, and concluded that things occurred naturally and independently from the will of the gods.<ref>Ian Morris and Barry B. Powell, The Greeks, 172.</ref> Philosophers tried to explain the world through their senses, not through reasoning. Intellects thought that nature is a continuous becoming, to which everything is repeated or flows in cycles.<ref>The Radical Academy, “The Philosophy of the Early Greek Naturalists,” Intute, http://www.radicalacademy.com/philnaturalists.htm#ionians</ref> Among the intellects of the enlightenment, three were considered the first natural philosophers: ], ], and ]. Their philosophies and ideas of the universe and matter were omnipresent throughout Ionia, and were used to formulate the ].<ref>Roger Penrose and Erwin Schrödinger, “Ionian Enlightenment,” 65.</ref> | |||
| During the latter half of the 5th century BC, the prominence of the ideas and philosophies of the Ionian Enlightenment started to decline, heavily due to the ] conquest of Ionia. Ionia stagnated culturally and economically. Many of the Ionian ideas and beliefs were adopted by the ], which left very little evidence of the contributions made by the Ionian Enlightenment toward the formation of ] philosophies and ideas.<ref>Rosalind Thomas, Herodotus in Context: Ethnography, Science and the Art of Persuasion (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.) 10-11.</ref> | |||
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