Summary 101 Essential Philosophers
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Thales of Miletus
He was the first philosopher of Ancient Greece and the founder of Western philosophy. Thales came from the seaport of Miletus. He was born around 620 BC who claimed that water is the fundamental nature of the world. He correctly predicted that there would be a solar eclise in 585 BC which was credited by Herodotus. He was also known as the first natural scientist and analytical philosopher in Western intellectual history. Aside from being a philosopher, Thales was also something of an entrepreneur. He believes that water was the first principle of life. He also professed that the flat earth floated on water. He thought that earth has buoyancy. He also claimed that earthquakes were due to the rockinng of the earth by subterranean waves.
Pythagoras of Samos
He was born around mid-sixth century BC. He was known for his Pythagorean Theorem. The school he founded was thought of as a religious cult that taught many strange doctrines. He also believes in reincarnation, transmigration of souls and numerology. He proved that the intervals between musical tones can be expressed as the ratio between the number from one to four. He introduced the ‘tetracyds of the decad’, a diagram that represents the first four numbers in a triangle of ten dots. He believed that number 10 is the perfect number, because it is the result of the sum of the first four integers. One represent a point, two the line, three the surface and four the solid. After his death his school splitted into two, one taught his religious teaches and the other concentrated on his scientific views. Pythagoras had shown that the ratio of the diagonal in a square to its sides couldn’t be expressed as a whole number, this led to the discovery of irrational numbers.
Xenophanes of Colophon
This philosopher was known as a contemporary and critic of Pythagoras. He was exiled to Southern Italy and walk in Ancient Greece as a poet. He criticized Homer’s gods as a simple reflection of
Thales of Miletus
He was the first philosopher of Ancient Greece and the founder of Western philosophy. Thales came from the seaport of Miletus. He was born around 620 BC who claimed that water is the fundamental nature of the world. He correctly predicted that there would be a solar eclise in 585 BC which was credited by Herodotus. He was also known as the first natural scientist and analytical philosopher in Western intellectual history. Aside from being a philosopher, Thales was also something of an entrepreneur. He believes that water was the first principle of life. He also professed that the flat earth floated on water. He thought that earth has buoyancy. He also claimed that earthquakes were due to the rockinng of the earth by subterranean waves.
Pythagoras of Samos
He was born around mid-sixth century BC. He was known for his Pythagorean Theorem. The school he founded was thought of as a religious cult that taught many strange doctrines. He also believes in reincarnation, transmigration of souls and numerology. He proved that the intervals between musical tones can be expressed as the ratio between the number from one to four. He introduced the ‘tetracyds of the decad’, a diagram that represents the first four numbers in a triangle of ten dots. He believed that number 10 is the perfect number, because it is the result of the sum of the first four integers. One represent a point, two the line, three the surface and four the solid. After his death his school splitted into two, one taught his religious teaches and the other concentrated on his scientific views. Pythagoras had shown that the ratio of the diagonal in a square to its sides couldn’t be expressed as a whole number, this led to the discovery of irrational numbers.
Xenophanes of Colophon
This philosopher was known as a contemporary and critic of Pythagoras. He was exiled to Southern Italy and walk in Ancient Greece as a poet. He criticized Homer’s gods as a simple reflection of