The Principles of Change in the Greek World

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In the first chapter of your book, you talk about the principles of change. Can you just speak a litle but about the evolution of the metaphysics in the greek world? The significance of that in relation to actually understanding what is old, what is new. In order for something to be new, you need something to be old. You need something from which, as you say, it anges.

Armand D’Angour is a professor of classics at the University of Oxford and the author of several books including Socrates in Love and his latest, How To Innovate. In this episode we discuss:- The 3 different types of innovation and how to use them to your advantage - How the Greeks thought about change and what we can learn from them- The relationship between innovation and ethicsWe also cover the true story behind Archimedes’ famous “Eureka!” moment and Aristotle’s thoughts on political innovation.