13 March 2014 Early Philosophers “Pre-Socratic” or “Mythopoeic” thinkers? The Ancient Greek philosophers played a pivotal role in the shaping of the western philosophical tradition. The Ancient Greek philosophical tradition broke away from a mythological approach to explaining the world‚ and it initiated an approach based on reason and evidence. Initially concerned with explaining the entire cosmos (the universe seen as a well-ordered whole)‚ the Pre-Socratic philosophers strived to identify its
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following philosophers: Thales‚ Anaximander‚ Xenophanes‚ Heraclitus‚ and Parmenides. Born in Miletus‚ Thales was discontent with the traditional stories of enchantment known as myths. Aristotle contributed the fact that he saw him as the very first philosopher‚ which a very common belief in the modern world. His major contributions were his beliefs that the cause and element of all things is water‚ and that all things are occupied with gods. The impressive matter is that Thales recognized that there
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The Ancient Greek philosophers have played a pivotal role in the shaping of the western philosophical tradition. This article surveys the seminal works and ideas of key figures in the Ancient Greek philosophical tradition from the Presocratics to the Neoplatonists. It highlights their main philosophical concerns and the evolution in their thought from the sixth century BCE to the sixth century CE. The Ancient Greek philosophical tradition broke away from a mythological approach to explaining the
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teacher of Pythagoras. The other two philosophers were Thales and his pupil Anaximander‚ who both lived on Miletus. Pythagoras visited Thales when he was between 18 and 20 years old. By this time Thales was an old man‚ and probably didn’t teach him a great deal. Yet‚ he advised Pythagoras to travel to Egypt‚ and learn more in the field of mathematics and astronomy. Thales’s pupil‚ Anaximander‚ lectured in Miletus‚ and Pythagoras attended. Anaximander was interested in geometry and cosmology. Many of his
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Athens‚ the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Thales Thales was a Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher from the Ionian city of Miletus in Asia. He predicted a solar eclipse‚ according to Herodotus‚ and was considered one of the 7 ancient Sages. Thales started the field of Greek astronomy and may have introduced geometry into Greece after traveling in Egypt. Together with Anaximander and Anaximenes‚ Thales formed the Milesian school of philosophy. Mencius Mencius was a
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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 II. Socratic Period - also known as the Era of Scientific Discoveries III.
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became kosmos which had a moral connotation until the Presocratics such as Thales‚ Anaximander and Anaximenes and other physiologoi gave the word a physical application that was composed of the Earth‚ sun‚ moon‚ stars and everything in between. Heraclitus was the first person on record to use the word cosmos with its newest meaning and gives his theory on it. He said that fire was the universal substance (much like Thales with water). To Heraclitus‚ water was just fire liquefied and earth was fire
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Apollonius of Rhodes (Author) Wrote The Argonautica. The myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from remote Colchis Aratus (Author) Wrote Phaenomena. A didactic (teaching something) poem about astronomy. Describes constellations and other celestial phenomena. Aristophanes (Author) wrote The Clouds‚ The Frogs‚ Lysistrata‚ old comedy‚ native Athenian‚ attacks politicians‚ harsh critic of various governments Aristoxenus (Author) music‚ science‚ wrote the Elements
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teachers‚ three Philosophers who were to influence Pythagoras while he was a young man. One of the most important was Pherekydes who many describe as the teacher of Pythagoras. Thales and Anaximander were the other two philosophers who introduced Pythagoras to mathematics‚ astronomy‚ geometry and cosmology. Anaximander was extremely interested in the latter and many of his ideas influenced Pythagoras’ views. Approxiamtely 535BC Pythagoras went to Egypt via letter of introduction from his father
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WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY Asking questions - Common hobbies of a philosopher -e.g.‚ “Who am I?”‚ “Why are we here?” * Philosophy pursues the Faculty of Wonder. * opens someone’s mind * leads us to more important questions * Philosophy – code of questions * Love of wisdom * Moth in life * Analyzing the different facts of life * Self examination * Study of nature * Three concepts of Philosophy – acc. To Bonifacio 1. Intellectual
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