inspired the foundation of many communist regimes in the twentieth century. Karl Marx was born in Trier‚ in the German Rhineland‚ in 1818. Marx studied law in Bonn and Berlin‚ and then wrote a PhD thesis in Philosophy‚ comparing the views of Democritus and Epicurus. After he gets his doctorate in 1841 Marx hope for an academic job‚ but he had already fallen in with too radical a group of thinkers and there was no real prospect. Turning to journalism‚ Marx rapidly became involved in political and social
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toward a new emphasis. Four groups of philosophers helped to shape this new direction‚ namely‚ the Epicureans‚ the Stoics‚ the Skeptics‚ and the Neoplatonist. They were‚ of course‚ greatly influenced by their predecessors‚ so we find that Epicurus relied upon Democritus for his atomic theory of nature‚ the Stoics made use of Heraclitus’ notion of a fiery substance permeating all things‚ the Skeptics built a method of inquiry upon the Socratic form of doubt‚ and Plotinus drew heavily upon Plato. What made
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Introduction The epic poem‚ On the Order of Things‚ by philosopher Lucretius‚ is one of a few literary works that talking about Epicureanism‚ a school of philosophy that sprang up around the teachings of Epicurus‚ and how to live in accord with the nature in order to be happy. Lucretius’ argues that in order to live a happy life‚ humans act in one of two ways: to do whatever that pleases them and to and try to avoid pain. His argument does not say you should do whatever you want‚ whenever you want
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were referring to modern chemical atoms‚ or something more like indivisible subatomic particles such as leptons or quarks‚ or even some more fundamental particle that has yet to be discovered.[7] History Main article: Atomic theory Atomism Main article: Atomism The concept that matter is composed of discrete units and cannot be divided into arbitrarily tiny quantities has been around for millennia‚ but these ideas were founded in abstract‚ philosophical reasoning rather than experimentation
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threaded‚ which is the first to describe disease‚ pneumonia and epilepsy in children‚ which is the first to say that the basis of health is healthy food and fresh air‚ cleanliness and comfort. Leucippus is a Greek philosopher who was the founder of Atomism. He said movement does in fact exists since movement exists there must be vacuum‚ but that since vacuum cannot really be it must be identified with not being. Also he said the
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Summary 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
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Introduction An atom is the smallest part of an element that can take part in a chemical change. The word “atom” comes from the Greek “atomos”‚ which means “unable to be cut”. Atomism is the philosophy of the existence of atoms. The first theories of atoms come from India. There was a Hindu sage named Kanad that hypothesized that all mater was composed of earth‚ water‚ light‚ wind‚ ether‚ time‚ space‚ mind and soul. Then another philosopher named Pakuda Katyayana suggested that everything can be
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1. Prehistoric Times - Beginning of the Christian Era (Black Magic) Existence of Fire Arguably the first chemical reaction used in a controlled manner was fire. However‚ for millennia fire was simply a mystical force that could transform one substance into another while producing heat and light. Fire affected many aspects of early societies. These ranged from the simplest facets of everyday life‚ such as cooking and habitat lighting‚ to more advanced technologies‚ such as pottery‚ bricks‚ and
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rejected non-naturalistic explanations for natural phenomena and proclaimed that every event had a natural cause.[8] They proposed ideas verified by reason and observation and many of their hypotheses proved successful in experiment‚[9] for example atomism.
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Humanism is a doctrine‚ attitude‚ or way of life that is centered on human interests or values and stresses an individual’s dignity and worth and capacity for self-realization through reason. It was first developed in ancient Greece and Rome. It is no coincidence that many of our legal codes go back to Rome and many scientific and technical terms and ideas back to ancient Greece. But Greece in particular has influenced philosophy‚ which celebrates reason. We use the term Classical Humanism to refer
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