Greek Legacy Classical Origins of the Modern World

Character and Personality (1x9)

Air date: Feb 26, 2015

From the time of Homer, Greek thought focused on character (the vanity of Helen and the anger of Achilles, for example) and the fact that character is destiny. Later, Plato and Aristotle both examined human personality in depth, and their ideas laid the foundations for later psychological theories and the broad framework that continues to influence research and theory.