Anaximander

Augustine has a varying relationship with western philosophy. While Augustine differentiates from the western philosophical tradition with his view of faith seeking understanding, he also rejects and accepts ideas from Plato’s theory of forms. The western philosophy tradition that preceded Augustine, tried to understand everything that is based on empirical evidence and logic. While western philosophers did use mythos in their explanations of the world, mythos was not their primary explanation.…

Pythagoras High school is the cause of a great deal of stress among teenagers. Between balancing class and a social life, high school challenges teens to push themselves to their mental and emotional limits. Some classes result in a greater amount of stress, and homework, for students, such as chemistry or math. In fact, math is often considered the bane of the average high school students’ existence. This cursed class has its origins back in ancient times. In fact, the mathematician who is…

Edin Palmar PHI2010 F 10:00-10:50am Dr. Schuh Ch.1 Introduction 1. Explain some of the benefits a student may gain by studying philosophy. Studying philosophy helps one tackle the question of the “self” in the sense that it makes one really think of why they believe in something or why one does the things they do. This in turn will help us to “think, reason, and evaluate” critically in order to attain wisdom and intelligence, something not easily obtained due to the constant bombardment of the…

doesn’t mean though that it would have flourished or benefitted from Persian rule. Before Persian command Ionia dominated intellectual pursuits in Greece, Miletus is considered the birthplace of philosophy, being the birthplace of people like Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximes. However, the name Ionia bares no meaning for most people, it’s not like Athens or Sparta which even children can name a fact or two about. Under a rather brief period of Persian rule this area declined drastically, and was…

fanatics. We do know he was born in Samos in about 569 B.C. but traveled all around with his father, he was brought to Tyre and was taught by the Chaldaeans and the learned men of Syria. He was influenced by three teachers; Pherekydes, Thales, and Anaximander. As a boy Pythagorus was well educated, played the lyre, and could recite poems from Homer.…

In many ancient civilizations such as the Ancient Greeks, the geocentric model was the predominant theory. An observation of this particular model was the stars, sun, moon, and planets circled around the earth once a day. In the 6th century BC, Anaximander came up with the explanation of the earth being shaped like a cylinder. He believed the moon sun and planets were holes inside invisible wheels circled around…

his father, Mnesarchus, was a merchant who came from Tyre. Pythagoras grew up in Samos in his early years but usually traveled with father while he was on his trades. He was significantly influenced by his three teachers Pherekydes, Thales and Anaximander. It is because of his three instructors Pythagoras became intrigued to philosophy, astronomy, music and of course…

of Samos he passed away in 495 B.C. Most believe he committed suicide because of the attack on his society. Little was known about Pythagoras childhood, but certainly he was well educated. Among his teachers there was three philosophers, Thales, Anaximander, and Pherekydes, who influenced Pythagoras while he was young. The most important teacher was Pherekydes, who influenced Pythagoras the most. Pythagoras’ father, Mnesarchus, was a merchant and his mother, Pythais, was a native of Samos. It is…

Anaximander stated that the Primary Substance is in fact boundless or infinite. He doubted whether any fundamental or primary substance would exists in an observable pure form. In a sense he was correct, as we today known that we do not observe a primary substance…

The Ancient Greek astronomers played an integral part in the construction of modern astronomy and our current understanding of our solar system. They were far from the first ancient astronomers; most of their work was built upon pre-existing knowledge from the Babylonians and Egyptians. However, what distinguishes the Ancient Greek philosophers from their predecessors was their attempt to not only observe the night sky but also to understand it. The Greek astronomers theorised the workings of…