I have to say.

And that would be her achieving her telos, which means her final purpose.

Aristotle, in particular, felt that every living thing in the world went through a process whereby it slowly evolved into finding its true perfection, telos.

And the telos of a woman was to be a wife.

In Athens, could they hold a job? No.

Did they have the vote? No.

Were they second-class citizens? They weren't even citizens.

How did things like poetry and sculpture evolve from the classical period to the Hellenistic period?

Tell us about how the Greeks' thinking evolved from, for example, attributing illnesses and other calamities to the gods to instead relying on empirical observation to explain the world.

Well, the man who has to take the credit here is Aristotle, because he is the first great empiricist.

As far as Aristotle was concerned, unless you could actually authenticate, verify something by means of experiment, it simply He wasn't interested.

It could not be true.

It might be true, but he wanted to verify it.

That, of course, is at the heart of the scientific process.

That's what all scientists believe.

How did things like poetry and sculpture evolve from the classical period to the Hellenistic period?

John, why was it important to you to formalize this idea of, of companioning through something like Social Health Australia?

Oh, look, I think it just grew, uh, on us, the idea.

Um, the, the, the concept isn't new.

You know, it's, it's basically showing a little bit of kindness.

And, uh, y- with kindness, you, it's, it's sometimes very easy to form a meaningful human connection.

Now, it doesn't mean that we're the best friends and buddies and pals or whatever, but i- it does mean that I've got somebody who I know will sit with me during a troubling time or a happy time.

You know, the, the concept of companioning is, is basically that, just sitting with a person.

Mm.