The word atom is derived from the Greek word atom which means indivisible. The Greeks concluded that matter could be broken down into particles too small to be seen. These particles were called atoms. Atoms are composed of three types of particles: protons‚ neutrons‚ and electron. Protons and neutrons are responsible for most of the atomic mass. Example; if a person weighed 150 lbs. approximately 149 lbs. and 15 ounces of that person would be comprised of protons and neutrons while only 1 ounce of
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of the Pre-Socratics‚ very little is known of Anaximander’s life. He was born‚ presumably in 610 BCE‚ in Ionia‚ the present day Turkish west coast‚ and lived in Miletus where he died in 546 BCE. He was of the Milesian school of thought and‚ while it is still debated among Pre-Socratic scholars‚ most assert that he was a student of Thales and agree that‚ at the very least‚ he was influenced by his theories. He is infamously known for writing a philosophical prose poem known as On Nature‚ of which
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Hold us together So air Encompass’s the world Similar to Thales because he believed there’s a tangible source for everything Anaximander Milesian-Ionia Indeterminate (Primal matrix) Believed our world was a multitude of worlds that evolved and dissolved into something infinite or boundless The primary elements neither water nor any other so called element‚ but a nature different from them and infinite Contemporary of Thales Thales states‚ without reason why water is the cause of all things
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What contribution did the Presocratics make to the early development of philosophy? Before the Presocratics the world was under the influence of the Olympian gods who were much like humans‚ changeable and willful. The Greek world was wondering about what the universe was made of and how it came to assume its present form. The Presocratics were 6th and 5th century BCE Greek thinkers who were not influenced by the views of Socrates and who introduced a new way of thinking about the world and the place
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1. Introduction to Philosophy by Richard Brown (Pre-philosophical way of thinking: Philosophy is not distinguished by the questions that it asks‚ but by the method that it employs in asnwering those question. Appeal to revelation as the only source of knowledge and the workings of supernatural personalities as the explanation of physical phenomena.) -Philosophy has a lot of different meanings. It could be -asking certain type of questions -talking about questions that philosophers deal with and
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require an article of encyclopedic scope. Given that‚ I have decided to list a number of sites on individual Pre-Socratic thinkers.Anaximander1. Life and SourcesThe history of written Greek philosophy starts with Anaximander of Miletus in Asia Minor‚ a fellow-citizen of Thales. He was the first who dared to write a treatise in prose‚ which has been called traditionally On Nature. This book has been lost‚ although it probably was available in the library of the Lyceum at the times of Aristotle and his
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Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus asked‚” what are things made of?” He thought it was water‚ but he was not correct.Many years later in greek‚ after the Greek philosopher asks that question‚ another greek found the answer and named the particles atoms.”(Ancient Greece and Rome pg 28) According to the article‚”Today people know more about what things are made of‚ and how they work. They are made of atoms‚ and thanks to the Greeks‚ we now know that.”(www.theguardian.org) Atoms are the foundation
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means that it originated prior to the teachings of Socrates. This belief system was developed by three famous Milesian philosophers‚ who are commonly known as Thales‚ Anaximander‚ and Anaximenes. As stated in the text‚ “Three philosophers from the city of Miletus in Ionia‚ Thales‚ Anaximander‚ and Anaximenes‚ make up the Milesian ‘school.’ Thales is reported to have been the teacher of Anaximander‚ who was‚ in turn‚ the teacher of Anaximenes. The three agree that the cosmos began as a single stuff that
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described as the teacher of Pythagoras. The other two philosophers were Thales and his pupil Anaximander‚ who both lived on Miletus. Pythagoras visited Thales when he was between 18 and 20 years old. By this time Thales was an old man‚ and probably didn’t teach him a great deal. Yet‚ he advised Pythagoras to travel to Egypt‚ and learn more in the field of mathematics and astronomy. Thales’s pupil‚ Anaximander‚ lectured in Miletus‚ and Pythagoras attended. Anaximander was interested in geometry and cosmology
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the Pluralists. The Milesaines were found in Miletus‚ a Greek trading colonel‚ which is located in present day Turkey. The other monists could be found in different parts of Greece in the fifth century. Then the Pluralists could also be found in different parts of Greece. The first Milesain monist was Thales. He was able to predict that there was going to be an eclipse of the sun at an exact hour and day. When that came true the colonel gave Thales all their attention. He was able to us mathematical
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