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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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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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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Some of the Pre-Socratic philosophers were rational and some were not. When Thales determined that the main principle element was water‚ he rationalized from his observance that the main ‘nutriment’ in all things is moist and that water is the origin of moisture. He rationalizes that heat itself is generated from moisture which he was most likely referring to humidity in the air. He observes that even our very breath contains moisture. Another point he ties together is that the world is held
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A Brief History of the Pythagorean Theorem Just Who Was This Pythagoras‚ Anyway? Pythagoras (569-500 B.C.E.) was born on the island of Samos in Greece‚ and did much traveling through Egypt‚ learning‚ among other things‚ mathematics. Not much more is known of his early years. Pythagoras gained his famous status by founding a group‚ the Brotherhood of Pythagoreans‚ which was devoted to the study of mathematics. The group was almost cult-like in that it had symbols‚ rituals and prayers. In addition
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The History of the Greeks: Hellenic and Hellenistic The Hellenic Age and the Hellenistic Age are the two main periods in Greek history. The Hellenic Age is significantly different from the Hellenistic Age. The Hellenic period saw the rising and falling of the polis while Hellenistic period was plagued by warfare among the remaining dynasties. Despite the differences between the Hellenic and Hellenistic periods‚ the one thing that remained consistent in both periods was the Greeks’ ability to not
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Pythagoras was well educated‚ and he played the lyre throughout his lifetime‚ knew poetry and recited Homer. He was interested in mathematics‚ philosophy‚ astronomy and music‚ and was greatly influenced by Pherekydes (philosophy)‚ Thales (mathematics and astronomy) and Anaximander (philosophy‚ geometry). Pythagoras Theorem Years ago‚ a man named Pythagoras found an amazing fact about triangles: If the triangle had a right angle (90°) and you made a square on each of the three
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Pythagoras of Samos Many of Pythagoras math discoveries are unknown since the Greeks‚ during this time ‚ did not believe in the usage of putting knowledge into books‚ secrecy was a significant factor to the Greeks. Although Pythagoras writings were not inscribed onto paper‚ his biography was recorded by other men on account of Pythagoras was viewed as a god-like figure in the eyes of many Greeks. However‚ the biography of Pythagoras is still very inaccurate the dates and facts of his life‚ amongst
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Pythagoras of Samos Pythagoras of Samos was born sometime around 569 BC and since then has been said to be a strange and mysterious man. There are no writings of Pythagoras himself but his teachings and beliefs continue to influence modern philosophers and scientists. Pythagoras was born on the Greek island of Samos in the Mediterranean Sea‚ and although information about his early life in Samos is unknown‚ it is known that the island of Samos was near an Ionian colony known to be famous for
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1. HOW DO THE PRESOCRATIC THINKERS GRAPPLE WITH ISSUES OF MATERIALITY AND NON-MATERIALITY IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM OF THE ONE AND THE MANY? The problem of the One and the Many‚ that is‚ explaining how one basic thing can be the source of many varied things. The world contains an enormous variety of objects‚ some living‚ others inanimate; some solid‚ others liquid. It seems reasonable to suppose that all things come from a common source or type of stuff. Identifying that common
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