In school, you can't understand geometry, is it really invented by the ancient Greeks?
If you had the opportunity to ask European historians in person, did you first discover that the ancient Greeks invented geometry before you decided that ancient Greece was the birthplace of European civilization? Or did you first identify ancient Greece as the birthplace of European civilization, and then discover that ancient Greece invented geometry? I reckon his face will be very ugly.
European historians can only say in general terms that in the eyes of the ancient Greeks, geometry was a way to guide human understanding of the nature of the universe. It is clear from geometry how clever the Greeks were. Europeans firmly believe that the science we know now began with the scientific revolution of the 17th century, four hundred years ago, a scientific revolution two thousand years after ancient Greece.
As for why the ancient Greeks were so clever? John Hurst, a professor of history at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, and an authoritative social and political historian and expert on European history in Australia and the Commonwealth, answered this question:
"I don't think we can explain why. Historians should be able to dispel doubts, but when they encounter questions such as why these small city-states can cultivate such a logical, flexible, and focused mind, they never give a strong explanation. All historians, like everyone else, have only a share of wondering. ”
At this moment, like you, I look blankly at this Western expert in European history, and when I answer the question about their ancient Greek history so frankly, I say bluntly: I also wonder [cover my face]
Well, this is one of the three elements of the origin of European civilization that European historians have summarized: ancient Greek and Roman culture.
As for whether you believe or not, how much can you believe? Let's see the wise and the wise.
Next, we'll start talking about the second element of the origin of European civilization: their only God, the absolute truth— Christianity.
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