Brandon John ADP‚ SCS/1108/029 Question 2: Philosophy in Ancient Greece and its Influence on Western Culture “My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you ’ll be happy; if not‚ you ’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates‚ Greek philosopher Socrates‚ like many of the greatest minds in history‚ was rather different from others in his time. In the quote above‚
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explanations of the time for the natural phenomena they saw in the world such as solar eclipses‚ they searched for rational and logical explanations. Their primary concern was the search of the most basic substance that everything around them was made of. Thales was the first of these philosophers to try to answer this fundamental problem. He saw that water could be turned into air when it is heated and into ice when
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“The most difficult thing in life is to know your self.” This quote stated by Thales‚ a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher from Miletus‚ adequately describes the posing conflicts in Amy Tan’s novel‚ The Joy Luck Club. The desire to find ones true identity‚ along with the reconciliation of their Chinese culture and their American surroundings‚ is a largely significant conflict among the characters of the novel. In the discovery of ones individuality develops a plethora of conflicts involving the theme
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WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY Asking questions - Common hobbies of a philosopher -e.g.‚ “Who am I?”‚ “Why are we here?” * Philosophy pursues the Faculty of Wonder. * opens someone’s mind * leads us to more important questions * Philosophy – code of questions * Love of wisdom * Moth in life * Analyzing the different facts of life * Self examination * Study of nature * Three concepts of Philosophy – acc. To Bonifacio 1. Intellectual
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Water or nature: • Thales : the origin of all matter is water = Thales believed that the Earth floats on water and all things come to be from water. = that the earth rests on water (He explained his theory by said that the earth is at rest because it is of the nature of wood and similar substances which have the capacity to float on water‚ although not on air). = the water is forever Heraclitus : everything changing Dao (Daoism) : can be swirling within itself. Such motion is
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Aristotle‚ being the first historian of philosophy‚ categorized his predecessors according to how they’ve answered the central questions of the human mind – the question of the first principle of all things. It is otherwise known as the Four Causes. He defined science as knowledge through causes. This doctrine of causes is scattered in different Aristotelian treatises but have its highlight in his book Metaphysics. This principle of causality is an essential part of Aristotelian thought. In his
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Religion and Science: The relationship between science and religion up until the 6th century were one in the same. Philosophers believed that natural occurrences were due to a divine power. Earthquakes and thunderstorms were merely upset gods showing their wrath. Individuals sought to learn the language of the gods to comprehend these phenomena. After the 6th century‚ new ideas formed that excluded the gods. These philosophers did not personify nature. They believed the world to be orderly and
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Mechanical Principles behind Thales Turntable Jose Lizheno Santa Clara University I have selected to work on this topic to portray the numerous applications of mechanical principles in our daily lives. Thales turntable is a musical gadget that is common and would serve as a good example of the applications of engineering principles in the modern world. Linear –tracking turntables uses electronic signals to transmit motions in its several components
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was more of discovered‚ and a number of different scientists have helped shape it into what it is now. I will give you a brief timeline of electricity. 1. Claim: The first “discovery” of electricity comes to us in 600 BC from Thales of Miletus. a. Support: On June 19‚ 2001 The U.S. Energy Information Administration http://www.eia.gov/ (which has 2.25 million visits per month)‚ tells us
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was only until sometime between 624 BC and 546 BC where an understanding of electricity began to form. Thales of Miletus had been one of the first to experiment with static electricity. It is believed that Thales was polishing amber with fur and he noticed that the amber would attract other objects like straw and feathers [1]. This was static electricity being controlled by a person. Thales took his observation even further and created a machine that consisted of two spinning disks. One disk
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