question for students of greek philosophy

fishermanben

Who was the philosopher that got really peeved when somebody took his day and divided it into 24 different incremental "Hours"?

Ben

Ramtinxxl

I'll get back to you in a jiffy.

n/a

Hipparchus proposed it, so who did he pee off??

zipperzap

It was the Egyptians who first divided the day (and night) into 24 temporal hours.[:D]

n/a

True, but it was only good in Egypt..[:o)][:o)]

The Greeks had their own thing going..[:0]

Flyin_Paulie

quote:Originally posted by Classic095
True, but it was only good in Egypt..[:o)][:o)]

The Greeks had their own thing going..[:0]


Yes, we know about the Greeks. He was talking about the 24 hour day.[:D][:D][:D]

He Dog

It must have been Danceswithsheep, he is the only Doctor of Philosophy around here.

bobski

the greeks chose to change Gods law of seasons. israels calender is still the best and most correct calender ico seasonal changes. just like pagens, take a perfect calender and ruin it.[;)] your answer is in my books inthe lirary but i cant get to it. its buried since i moved another room into it to remodel![:p]

Blade Slinger

Did they enter via the back door[:D]