principles or causes called Arche. Their thinking was based speculative and rational inquiry in the subjects of cosmology and were often critical of mythopoetic tales and cosmogony. 16. What was Thales looking for? Thales was looking for the basic stuff‚ known as physis‚ which all things were made of. Thales believed this fundamental substance was water. 17. What were the 4 basic elements for Empedocles? The four fundamental elements described by Empedocles were earth‚ fire‚ water‚ and air. 18. What
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Goliath struggle with David holding out for political and intellectual liberty against the monolithic theocratic Persian war machine. It wasn’t just Greeks against Persians‚ nor were all the Greeks on the Greek side. In 499 BC‚ the then-tyrant of Miletus‚ Aristagoras‚ embarked on an expedition to conquer the island of Naxos‚ with Persian support however‚ the expedition was a debacle and‚ pre-empting his dismissal‚ Aristagoras incited all of Hellenic Asia Minor into rebellion against the Persians
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significant philosophers before Socrates and Plato. Unfortunately‚ very little is known about his life other than what can be gathered from his own statements. Heraclitus lived in Ephesus‚ an important city on the Ionian coast of Asia Minor‚ not far from Miletus‚ the birthplace of philosophy. Ancient biographies of him consist of nothing more than inferences or imaginary constructions based on his sayings (Graham). However‚ the renowned philosopher Frederick Nietzsche‚ who drew upon the work of Heraclitus
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Euthyphro Philosophy A Concise Introduction – PHI 208 Euthyphro If everyone took the time to discuss holiness / piety (reverence for God)‚ there would always be many different interpretations or perceptions on what it really is and just how to determine that it is being done. The best philosophers in the world have engaged in many conversations about this subject for decades. Socrates has been one of many that discussed this subject. Socrates was a man that was accused of impiety and
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Geography – Unit One Notes What is Geography? Geography is the study of the world‚ how it works‚ and how people use and change the world as they live in it. Origins The word “Geography” comes from the Greek word “Geo.” Meaning earth and “graph” meaning writing. Definitions Population Denisty – Figure calculated by dividing the population of a region by the region’s area. Staristical Analysis – Studying collected data for the purposes of summarizing information to make it more usable and
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How to Profit From “Lean Advertising” Author: Thales Teixeira Source: Harvard Business Review In this article‚ Harvard Professor‚ Thales Teixeira discusses a new advertising phenomenon‚ “Lean advertising”. By definition anything defined as lean‚ focuses on elimination of waste. The theory is that this should lead to improved quality and reduced costs. In terms of advertising it should mean finding simpler and cheaper ways of communicating what a company wishes to sell‚ in this case online video
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remark about refraction from the now-lost Catoptrica.[b] During his lifetime‚ Archimedes made his work known through correspondence with the mathematicians in Alexandria. The writings of Archimedes were collected by the Byzantine architect Isidore of Miletus (c. 530 AD)‚ while commentaries on the works of Archimedes written by Eutocius in the sixth century AD helped to bring his work a wider audience. Archimedes’ work was translated into Arabic by Thābit ibn Qurra (836–901 AD)‚ and Latin by Gerard of
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History of mathematics A proof from Euclid’s Elements‚ widely considered the most influential textbook of all time.[1] The area of study known as the history of mathematics is primarily an investigation into the origin of discoveries in mathematics and‚ to a lesser extent‚ an investigation into the mathematical methods and notation of the past. Before the modern age and the worldwide spread of knowledge‚ written examples of new mathematical developments have come to light only in a few locales
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Various derivations of the word "algebra‚" which is of Arabian origin‚ have been given by different writers. The first mention of the word is to be found in the title of a work by Mahommed ben Musa al-Khwarizmi (Hovarezmi)‚ who flourished about the beginning of the 9th century. The full title is ilm al-jebr wa’l-muqabala‚ which contains the ideas of restitution and comparison‚ or opposition and comparison‚ or resolution and equation‚ jebr being derived from the verb jabara‚ to reunite‚ and muqabala
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Ancient Theories of Soul First published Thu Oct 23‚ 2003; substantive revision Wed Apr 22‚ 2009 Ancient philosophical theories of soul are in many respects sensitive to ways of speaking and thinking about the soul [psuchê] that are not specifically philosophical or theoretical. We therefore begin with what the word ‘soul’ meant to speakers of Classical Greek‚ and what it would have been natural to think about and associate with the soul. We then turn to various Presocratic thinkers‚ and to the
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