The greek world became a split up into large military empires. Alexander the great conquered the greek world, died and left it to his successors. The whole aim of that was to conquer, to er, take new worlds, as it were, into their sphere. So many such conditions led to what is seen as an efflorescence of ideas. And then you get these states like venice and dividual towns which can compete with each other for relative freedom in disseminating ideas. Of course there are some cultural questions about how this could be done - but i think they add up to create the conditions for innovation to flourish.
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.