Classical greek philosophy

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—Tarnas, The Passion of the Western Mind, p 12.

Slide 51

"[For Plato] the Creation of the cosmos was the process by which the eternal mathematical principles were given material embodiment, imposing an order on the formless raw materials of the world, and setting them working according to ideal specifications . When a mathematician worked out the geometrical relations manifested in the motions of the planets, or the properties of material substances, he was likewise revealing the Craftsman's rational design.“

– Toulmin, Stephen and June Goodfield, The Discovery of Time, The University of Chicago Press, 1965, p.42-43.

Slide 52

"Aristotle believed that the world we are born into is the real world and is not just a shadow of a more ultimate world. He brought Plato's philosophy down to earth by claiming that the Forms must be 'imbedded in matter.' He believed that the distinction between Form and matter was only an intellectual distinction, a distinction that could be drawn in theory but not in reality."

– Palmer, Donald, Does the Center Hold?, Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1991, p. 448.

Slide 53

“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.”

Plato