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12 Cards in this Set
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Thales
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one element is water
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Anaximander
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one element is “apeiron”, which = limitless, turns into other elements
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Anaximenes
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one element is air
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Heraclitus
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one element is fire, changeability/phenomena of universe, panta rei = everything is in flux
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Pythagoras
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numbers are the elements, ratio/harmony
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Xenophanes
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criticism of how the older poets (Homer) represent the gods, portrayed in the image of humans
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Parmenides
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being is one, no change (all change is an illusion)
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Zeno
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follower of Parmenides, tried to prove there is no movement
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Empedocles
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tiny pieces that mix together, that’s how change happens, moved by forces of nature (love and strife)
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Anaxagoras
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infinitely tiny pieces, moved by a whirl “vertigo”
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Protagoras
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sophist, “man is the measure of all things”
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Gorgias
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speech about how Helen isn’t to blame for the Trojan War
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