"We study history not to remember the past but to understand the present". That is the reason for this series.

In this episode we discuss the intellectual seed-bed of the ancient world, especially that of Greece. We begin in Crete, whose Minoan civilization predated and heavily influenced the Grecian culture on the mainland. More specifically we talk about:

1. Who "counts" as philosophers
2. The philosophy and thought of the Minoan civilization
3. The meaning of monism
4. Mysticism in the ancient world
5. The mystery religions and their connection with philosophy
6. How the earliest Greek thought influences our thinking today