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TheGreekinfluenceinthemodernworldisstillsignificanttoday.InamatterofwordsHellenismbroughtus intelligenceTheculturalsignificanceofHellenisminthismodernworldbroughtuslibraries,museums,art, architecture,language,warfaretacticsandweapons,philosophersandphilosophies,anddemocraticsocieties. HellenisminthemodernworldmeanstoadoptGreekcultureeveninnon-Greekregions.Hellenismhasbroughtto themodernworldmanydifferentthingsthatmayhavebeenonce
ClassicGreekPhilosophy
ClassicGreekPhilosophy.ClassicGreekPhilosophyislargelybasedontheideologiesofSocratesandthosewho supportedandaddedontohisideas,suchasPlatoandAristotleRatherthanbelievingthattheworldwascreated byoneormanygods,SocratesandotherGreeksreliedonobservableevidence,scientificreasoning,andrealistic thoughtstoexplainthenaturalprocessesoftheworld3WhatwasthesocialorganizationoftheHellenistic Kingdoms?DuringtheHellenisticperiod,Greekculture...
GreekInfluenceOnTheModernWorld