What The Ancients Knew: Greece

The ancient Greeks were one of the first to question the world around them and develop logical answers to their questions. Philosophers such as Thales, Pythagoras, and, Archimedes where all ancient Greeks that created huge developments in science and math. With their developments others were able to add on and create many more complex ideas and inventions. The priests of Delphi are also an example of ancient Greeks that have created new ways of thinking and analyzing data that are used today. Throughout the documentary, “What the Ancients Knew: Greece” all of the people stated above are mentioned and have intrigued me with their insights of the world around them. Wither if it was proving that nature had its own laws, creating the principle of numbers, using proportions to establish new principles or creating systematic information the Greeks have truly taught me …show more content…
The idea that nature has its own laws may seem obvious now but that is only because Thales had given evidence to prove it long ago. During the time of Thales and even before life for most if not all people was greatly influenced by people and their belief in gods. Thales took belief and reasoning a step further and questioned if the gods were really in charge of nature as they were said to be. Using evidence such as patterns that are shown in everyday life he was able to show that nature had its own laws and that the gods did not control nature in any way. The significance of his findings changed the way people thought and lived. Rather living life in fear of the god’s individuals began to ask more questions and look at life differently this causing more and more discoveries to be made. The idea that one man and evidence can show the world how to think differently really amazes me. Today we often think for ourselves not really knowing that it is really derived from others asking and answering their own