Early Philosophers 1. Thales (624-526 BC) He lived in the city of Miletus‚ in Ionia‚ now western Turkey He was not only a thinker; he was involved in business and politics He gave naturalistic explanations of the world Thales assumed that some single element which contained its own principle of action or change‚ lay at the foundation of all physical reality and this element is water He thought that the earth is a flat disk surrounded by water 2. Anaximander
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The History of Medicine The history of medicine Prehistoric and primitive medicine they treat their wounds similarly on how animals treat themselves: immersing in a cool water applying mud to irritated areas sucking stings licking wounds exerting pressure to the wounds to stop the bleeding. The history of medicine Prehistoric and primitive medicine 9th century: 1. Medical treatment was intertwined with religion and magic by means of kindness. 2. Disease was thought
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PHILMAN Lesson 1: Introduction to Philosophy Philosophical Concerns according to Dr. Bob Zunjic The study of philosophy may deal with every dimension of human life and can raise questions in any field of study or endeavor. Philosophy pursues questions rather than answers. Philosophy is not bound by any particular “truths” that set limits to the desire to continue asking questions. Philosophy changes historically both in respect to its content and its character. Definitions Etymologically
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The History of Philosophy A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y and Z (A) Abelard‚ Peter: One of the most heated debates that troubled the church in the Middle Ages was the question of universals. This question goes back as far as Plato’s Forms. It has to do with the relationship between the abstract and general concepts that we have in our minds (what is the relationship between Chair with a capitol “C” and chair with a small “c”?). And from this‚ two radical viewpoints emerged
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The Classical Age began with the philosophers. They first began to investigate how the universe was made. There were several theories‚ beginning with the philosopher Thales‚ who proposed that everything in the universe was made of water. This theory was followed by one proposal by Anaximander of Miletus‚ a pupil of Thales‚ who believed that everything was an infinite body of matter‚ or “the boundless”. Over time‚ however‚ philosophy evolved more towards the study of human nature and interaction
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scientist believed that the architect of the world and all its inhabitants were somehow connected to science and the cosmos. Thales was supposedly the first philosopher linking scientific thought to the discovery of nature‚ around 585 B.C. Thales and Anaximander struggled with the puzzle of the origin of the universe‚ what was here at the beginning‚ and what things are made of. Thales suggested that in the beginning there was only water‚ so somehow everything was made of it. (Baaird / Kaufmann pg.7) Sprinkled
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Pythagoras of Samos is often described as the first pure mathematician. He is an extremely important figure in the development of mathematics yet we know relatively little about his mathematical achievements. Unlike many later Greek mathematicians‚ where at least we have some of the books which they wrote‚ we have nothing of Pythagoras’s writings. The society which he led‚ half religious and half scientific‚ followed a code of secrecy which certainly means that today Pythagoras is a mysterious figure
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NATURALISM IN EDUCATION Dr V.K.MAHESHWARI ‚ Ph.D Principal D.I.M.S. Meerut‚INDIA Dr SAROJ AGGARWAL‚ Ph.D Sr Lecturer D.I.M.S. Meerut‚INDIA We are born weak‚ we need strength; helpless‚ we need aid; foolish‚ we need reason. All that we lack at birth‚ all that we need when we come to man ’s estate‚ is the gift of education. Jean Jacques Rousseau RUNNING through most of the educational literature today one finds a dominant thread. The importance of this fact is for life as well as for education
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traveled with his father‚ a merchant. He was schooled by tutors in Chaldea and Syria‚ was able to ‘play the lyre‚ learn poetry and recite Homer (O’Connor and Robertson‚ 1993). His greatest influences were his teachers Pherekydes‚ Thales‚ and Anaximander. Thales and Anaximander were the two who ‘introduced him to mathematical ideas’ (O’Connor and Robertson). He was noted to have left Green for southern Italy to flee the cruel government led by Polycrates. He also is to have traveled to Egypt and Babylon
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have been because of rotation but not in mind. The Christian people would agree more on this‚ because they would state that it was created on the mind of God omnipotent. 2) Explain and evaluate the view of Anaximander? - Anaximander was a Milesian. Anaximander was a pupil of Thales‚ who believed that the basic substance out of which everything comes must be more elementary than water; this substance must be ageless‚ boundless‚ and indeterminate. He proposed a theory of the universe that explained
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