ch13 Flashcards
God’s chosen people
Hebrews
greatest hebrew naturalist, wisest man to ever live
solomon
borrowed the wisdom of the ancients and built upon it
greeks
advocated an explanation for the origin of life based solely on natural principles; spontaneous generation
Anaximander
similar to evolution/ advocated by Anaximander
Spontaneous generation
taught the Doctrine of Ideas
Plato
the physical world is not genuinely real and therefore changeable and relative
Doctrine of ideas
developed doctrine of intellect
Aristotle
intellectual speculation is the highest form of reality, and a personal God is left out of the picture
Doctrine of Intellect
took over a lot of the earth
One important benefit of their civilization was the spread of knowledge
Romans
important benefit of their civilization was the spread of knowledge
Romans
wrote Natural History
Pliny the Elder
touched on many scientific subjects, including the nature of the heavens, technology, zoology, botany, mineralogy, and medicine
Natural History
looked at the anatomy of animals
Galen
His work was considered the absolute authority in human anatomy for over a thousand years
Galen