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Originally Posted by Arthursbedtime
Where do you think the Greek philosophers got their ideas.
They went to the Jewish leaders and studied there, coming back with the concept of One God.
I get the impression religion is an overbearing subject but it is the foundation of philosophy. Our western world is based on Christian teachings, or someones interpretation of those teachings. So we messed up. It does not mean that the original message was wrong.
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I disagree completely that religion is the foundation of philosophy.
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language...
It has very little to do with religion per-se, but certainly is tangentially related.
As far as where the Greeks got their ideas, seems to me they simply looked around themselves and asked questions. Which is the real core of philosophy (and science).