1. Judeo-Christian &
Greco-Roman
Perspectives
Law, Reason, & Faith

2. What are we looking @
O How are their perspectives similar?
O How are their perspectives different?

3. Similar & Different about
what?
O The law, reason, faith, duties of the
individual

4. What are laws?

5. What does reason mean?

6. What about Faith?

7. Duties of the individual

8. OK! Lets get started!
O Greco-Roman? HUH? Who are they?

9. Greeks
O Greeks
O 8th century b.c.e.
O polis- city-state
O center of Greek life
O politics

10. But what is it?
O City-state
O Town, city, or village
O Center/higher area
O People meet
O Political reasons
O Market place/plaza

11. First you get the money…
O Actually no!
O 3 groups in a polis
O Citizens with political rights
O Who?
O Citizens with no political rights
O Who?
O Non-citizens
O Who ?

12. Please allow me to introduce
myself!
O Aristotle-Greek philosopher
O “We must rather regard every citizen as
belonging to the state.”

13. Greek Tyrants
O Who are tyrants?
O Not super wicked!
O They were good for Greece
O Got rid of aristocrats
O Democracy could flourish

14. Democracy
O Direct-democracy-u vote for laws
O Republic-democracy-u vote for
representatives to make laws

15. We already met…
O Now lets meet Plato
O Philosopher
O “Professional thinker”
O Men & women should have access to
school
O 3 groups:
O Philosopher Kings
O Warriors
O Everyone else

16. Back to Aristotle
O 3 good types of governments
O Monarchy
O Aristocracy
O Constitutional government
O Studied 158 state constitutions

17. Now lets travel to Rome

18. Dos, two,deux
O Groups
O Patricians-wealthy land owners
O Plebeians-everyone else

19. Down with the King!
O Created a republic
O What was that again?

20. Roman Senate
O 300 patricians serve for life
O Also had peoples assemblies

21. O A system of laws
O Wasn’t very good

22. Moooooove-get out the way!
O Rome spread all over
O They conquered
O Biggest empires ever
O Spread ideas like Christianity

23. What is that?
O Jewish prophet named Jesus
O “love God and one another”
O Went around preaching

24. They freaked out
O Saw Jesus as a threat to the Roman
empire
O They turned him over
O He was crucified
O Followers became known as Christians
O After his death, Jesus’ ideas spread

25. Believed in only 1 God
O Wouldn’t participate in Roman
ceremonies
O Honored Roman gods and emperors
O Problems
O Eventually it couldn’t be contained

26. Roman & Christian views
O Virtue/stand up for one’s ideas
O Duty to one’s community & the state

27. But…
O Christians believed that nothing should
come before one’s relationship with God!
O This is where they differ the most

28. Greeks, Romans, and
Christians
O Shared a devotion to duty and virtue
O Allowed the WEST to blend their ideas
into government.

29. Lets Break it down
O Greco-Roman views:
O Citizens should participate in government
O The world has natural laws-can be
discovered through reason
O There should be written laws
O Democracy can be protected by having
three branches

30. Christians
O Every person is born with worth and
dignity
O Every person has the ability to choose
between doing good and bad
O Every person has the responsibility to help
others in need and the community

31. The End