1) Explain (the main ideas and views) and evaluate (by giving arguments) the view of Heraclitus regarding the nature of reality? Heraclitus was one of many pre-Socratic philosophers‚ and he’s considered to be the most important and influential. I don’t know why‚ I find him a bit contradictory. His way of thinking was the result of perception and intuition. He despised rational‚ logical‚ conceptual thought. His pronouncements were purposely self-contradictory. "We are and at the same time are not
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The History of Pi Throughout the history of mathematics‚ one of the most enduring challenges has been the calculation of the ratio between a circle’s circumference and diameter‚ which has come to be known by the Greek letter pi. From ancient Babylonia to the Middle Ages in Europe to the present day of supercomputers‚ mathematicians have been striving to calculate the mysterious number. They have searched for exact fractions‚ formulas‚ and‚ more recently‚ patterns in the long string of numbers
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the annual Athenian dramatic festivals held in honor of the god Dionysus.He first entered the festival in 455‚ and won the first of his four victories in 441. He was acquainted with many of the important philosophers of the 5th century B.C.‚ including Sophocles‚ Protagoras and Anaxagoras‚ and he owned a large personal library. A few of Euripides’s most famous tragedies are Medea ‚ The Bacchae ‚ Hippolytus and Alcestis. Euripides was known for taking a new approach to traditional myths: he often changed elements of their stories of portrayed
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The Primordial Soup Hypothesis‚ otherwise known as "The Primordial Soup Theory‚" was developed by the Russian chemist A.I. Oparin and English geneticist J.B.S. Haldane. Oparin & Haldane(1920) formed this idea separately though. In this theory‚ the basic aspects of life all came from simple molecules that formed in the atmosphere with the addition of oxygen. They believed that Earth had a chemically reducing atmosphere. This produced monomers. These monomers formed a "soup‚" that developed organic
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What is π? Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines π as "1: the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet... 2 a: the symbol pi denoting the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter b: the ratio itself: a transcendental number having a value to eight decimal places of 3.14159265" A number can be placed into several categories based on its properties. Is it prime or composite? Is it imaginary or real? Is it transcendental or algebraic? These questions help define a number’s behavior in
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Philosophy of Man: Notes Historical Background I. Pre-Socratic Period - also known as the Cosmological Period (cosmos meaning universe) *questions about human existence and subsistence (basic needs) Pre-Socratic Greek philosophers: - Anaxagoras - Thales (he held that water is the fundamental stuff of all things‚ saying “All is water”) - Anaximander - Xenophanes - Heraclitus - Anaximenes Empiricism – a theory which states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience
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A friend of Socrates‚ Chaerephon‚ asked the Oracle of Delphi if there is anyone wiser than Socrates. The goddess answered that there is not. (Plato‚ p. 50). Aware that he cannot claim wisdom‚ but intrigued by the Oracle’s answer‚ Socrates embarks on a journey to find someone who is truly wise. The method he used to establish someone’s wisdom or lack of it has been known as the Socratic dialectic. Socrates’ dialectic technique‚ its aim and its method will be examined in this paper. The Apology of
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How and why did the values of Athenians differ from that of the Spartans? Ancient Greece provided the rudiments of Western civilisation; it has had a colossal influence on language‚ politics‚ educational systems‚ philosophy‚ science‚ and arts. In the following several pages I hope to demonstrate explicitly‚ the bold differences between the two provinces‚ and to suggest the relativity‚ of Ancient Greece conventions‚ to modern times. In doing this I will bring upon wars‚ economic stances‚ and most
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the state‚ but that he is introducing strange gods to the youth‚ not the gods of Athens. Under Socrates’ questioning‚ Meletus assets that Socrates believes in no gods at all‚ and from that point‚ Socrates replies that Meletus is confusing him with Anaxagoras‚ a well-known Pre-Socratic‚ whose theories Meletus is ascribing to Socrates. To prove Meletus wrong‚ Socrates undertakes the task of showing that he must believe in gods of some sort. He suggests that it would be impossible to believe in human matters
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beginning to appreciate.” -- The Clouds by Aristophanes Aristophanes * He was a comic playwright of the ancient Athens. * Eleven of his 40 plays survived virtually complete. * A realist and was against the sophist such as Socrates‚ Anaxagoras‚ Diogenes‚ Protagoras‚ Hippon‚ Korax‚ and Gorgias. * The Father of Comedy and The Prince of Ancient Comedy The Clouds * Comedy * It was originally produced at the City Dionysia in 423 BC and it was not well received‚ coming last of
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