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| Why was it that India found Philosophy as a hand in glove with religion but countries like Greece and China thought of it as an act against religion? |
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| problem of the one and the many |
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| Describe Democratis solution to the problem of the one and the many |
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Anaxagoras
what is the first principal of nature according |
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maintained that all things are composed of infinitly divisable particles
Maintained that the Universe is mind (nous)acting on matter |
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| How did Anaxagoras first principle solve the problem of the one and the many? |
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Empedocles
the problem of the one and the many |
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| Unchanging being consists of earth air fire and water- no void and change is rearrangement of the elements which take place through the Power of Love and the Power of Strife |
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according to the
Pythagoreans
What is the first principle of nature ?
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Numbers are the first principle of nature.
They believed numbers could unlock the secrets of the universe
Pythagorus discovered the Pythagorean Theorem |
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| why is the Pythagoreans view so significant |
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| the first philosophers were we're trying to discover the source of nature what is the first principle of nature according to Thales and Anaximander and Anaximenes |
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| why is the work of Thales such a milestone in history? |
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| some scholars believe Park Min Ah was once a Pythagorean how did Parmenides solve the problem facing the Pythagorean s? |
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| why does Parmesan rides maintain that being must be eternal motionless and one? |
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| Aristotle maintain Zeno was arguing against motion others maintained that the no was arguing against infinite divisibility explain which interpretation you find more convincing |
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| what to important views did Melissa have that separates him from the view of most other Greeks of his time? |
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| describe the problem the one and the many |
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describe the principle of in consumerabillity?
how is it related to the void?
what impact did these ideas have on the Pythagorean community? |
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what is the first principle of nature according to Heraclitus?
what practical application results from his theory? |
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explain epistemology (theory of knowledge) of Heraclitus?
What practical application results from his theory? |
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| what is the major contribution Xenophanes to Greek philosophy |
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| explain the difference between Indian meditation and Zen meditation. |
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Perminides
believed existance was eternal and infinate because |
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| There had to be a start to existance or their wouldnt be an existance at all |
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- What is the first principle of nature according to the Pythaogrean
- Why is their view so significant
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- The Pythagoreans believed that the first principle of nature is number order because a number can unlock all secrets of the universe. ASlthough Pythagoras were interested in the soul, and reaching the devine home through purification, thery were unknowingly advan....
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PROBLEM OF THE ONE AND MANY |
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EMPEDOCLES SAYS:
UNCHANGING BEING CONSISTS OF EARTH, AIR, FIRE AND WATER. CHANGE IS THE REARRANGEMENT OF THE ELEMENTS THAT TAKES PLACE THROUGH THE POWER OF lOVE AND THE POWER OF STRIFE" A cycle where when reality is one then the rule of Strife begins and the one becomes many |
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| Xenophanes's creitique of Greek mythology is what he is best known for. He believed that the Olympian gods had nothing to do with nature and that the source of nature is unchanging. |
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Benefits of such an education |
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| Socrates used a system to teach and learn things, it wa by asking the right questions. The goal was to show someone what they had in front of their eyes everyday |
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IONIANs
First principle of Nature |
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(greek physicists)
Used scientific logic
Thalmes = water
Anaximander = earth fire air and water
Anaximenes = ? |
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are we living with
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Logos is the rational principle that accounts for the order and harmony of the universe. According to
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"logos is the very structure of the world."
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Pythagoreans
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believers in
finite = principle of order and rationality
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infinite= principal of irrational and disorder
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| Democratus' soution to the problem of the one and many |
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| Democratus solution to the problem of the one and many by showing that it is possible to change ad exist simultaneously. |
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| First person to rationalize the world in scientific terms |
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| Thales was the first physicist.-non conformist attitude enabled hi to persue rational reasons for natural events. |
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tje only thing in life that nevr changes is the prescence of change itself.
nature defined by analogy of fire.
Like fire, our life exists in a state of never ending morphing and change |
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