Thales Thales was a native of Miletus‚ in Asia Minor. He flourished in 585 BCE (the date of an eclipse he is reputed to have predicted). No fragments of his work have survived‚ only testimony. Aristotle attributes the following four views to Thales: 1. The earth rests on water. (De Caelo 294a28) 2. Water is the archê of all things. (Metaph. 983b18) 3. The magnet has a soul. (De Anima 405a19) 4. All things are full of gods. (De Anima 411a7) This seems like a very bizarre collection of
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Thales of Miletus (ca 624 - 546 BC) Greek domain Thales was the Chief of the Seven Sages of ancient Greece‚ and has been called the "Father of Science‚" the "Founder of Abstract Geometry‚" and the "First Philosopher." Thales is believed to have studied mathematics under Egyptians‚ who in turn were aware of much older mathematics from Mesopotamia. Thales may have invented the notion of compass-and-straightedge construction. Several fundamental theorems about triangles are attributed to Thales‚ including
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Thales (624 BC-546 BC) lived in Ancient Greece and was arguably the world’s first philosopher and scientist. Prior to Thales‚ supernaturalism was considered to be the cause of most if not all things. For example‚ the answer to a question such as‚ "Why does the wind blow?" or "What caused the epidemic?" would invariably involve a supernatural explanation such as‚ "It is the will of the gods." Explanations based on supernaturalism‚ however‚ are not really explanations at all. They represent non-rational
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Sketch: Thales and Hypatia Thales While it is clear that Euclid definitely set a precedent for geometry and mathematics as a whole‚ he was not alone in his work‚ his endeavors‚ or his ideas. He certainly was not the first to come up with these theories or rules for geometry either. Before there was Euclid‚ there was Thales of Miletus. Thales‚ along with other mathematicians or “geometers” laid some of the foundation for Euclid to compile in order to write the Elements centuries later. Thales was a
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Models of the Atom: a Historical Perspective John Dalton Early Greek Theories • 400 B.C. - Democritus thought matter could not be divided indefinitely. • This led to the idea of atoms in a void. fire Democritus • 1800 -Dalton proposed a modern atomic model based on experimentation not on pure reason. All matter is made of atoms. Atoms of an element are identical. Each element has different atoms. Atoms of different elements combine in constant ratios to form compounds. • Atoms are rearranged
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Benjamin Foster 9-15-2011 Philosophy 101-501 "Thales" In Brian Magee’s " Story of Philosophy" he composed that Thales‚the pre Socratic Greek philospher of Miletus and founder of Milesian school‚taught that everything in nature is composed of one basic matter.Thales presumed that water the was the fundamental building block of all things and the Earth floated on water.In Joseph Carter’s lecture he states that "Thales concluded that everything seem to need water‚if not directly then
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point in shaping the culture of future generations. It resulted in many wars and conquests but ultimately this mistake is why today delegates to the United Nations wear suits and ties instead of turbans. Aristagoras was the Persian governor of Miletus on the edge of the Persian Empire. The nearby island of Naxos rebelled against the Persian Empire and Aristagoras seized the opportunity to take it back and get a promotion to a better position from the Persian emperor Darius I. At the very least
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small atoms that can easily slip past each other. 350 BC Aristotle did not believe in the atomic theory and he taught so otherwise. He thought that all materials on Earth were not made of atoms‚ but of the four elements‚ Earth‚ Fire‚ Water‚ and Air. He believed all substances were made of small amounts of these four elements of matter. He did not conduct experiments or use scientific method for atomic theory. . 1800 AD It was John Dalton who determined that each chemical element is composed
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The Atomic Model has changed over time‚ as the years‚ decades‚ and centuries go by we get a better understanding of the atom and what it looks like. The Atomic Model has changed drastically based on the understanding we have on it‚ each new model has added more information to what we know about it‚ making it easier for scientists and the world to understand. The Atomic Model is a very important part of Science and Chemistry‚ it helps explain the structure and what is inside the atom‚ the particle
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History of the Atomic Model Just as we once believed that the earth was flat‚ our understanding of the atom was once extremely limited. As time passes‚ we begin to discover more and more about the world we live in. We have come to know much about the atom over the past two hundred years through the work of numerous brilliant scientists. Throughout history‚ scientists have come up with many experiments and atomic models to explain the atoms all around us‚ all leading up to our modern understanding
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