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L04 Agriculture to First Philosophers&scientists Flashcards

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Aristotle

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  • Most influential thinker
  • sense experience is real
  • proved earth is sphere
  • introduced physics
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-Catapult-the claw-death ray

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War tools by Archimedes

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  • No change, everything stays the same
  • change is an illusion
  • cannot use senses for observation, senses unreliable
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Parmenides

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displayed positions of various stars(archimedes)

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Antikythera

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Based on strict intangible evidence

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Greek law system

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Greatest mathematician and inventor/scientist of all time

  • built planetarium
  • first mechanical clock
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Archimedes

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Most influential thinker

  • sense experience is real
  • proved earth is sphere
  • introduced physics
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Aristotle

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Thales

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First scientist/philosopher

  • first to reject divine intervention
  • first astronomer
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8th century BCGreek Mythology: Theogamy

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Hesiod

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Zeno

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No change and No motion

-Runner paradox

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First school

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Academy 338 BC by Plato

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Miletus

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600 BC, in Ionia (coast of modern Turkey)

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Plato

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  • sense not reliable
  • allegory of the cave
  • Sphere is a perfect form
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Early science occured in Greece because:

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  • separate gov’t from religion
  • public communication network
  • separated divine from natural
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War tools by archimedes

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-Catapult -the claw -death ray

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  • separate gov’t from religion
  • public communication network
  • separated divine from natural
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Early science occured in Greece because:

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Parmenides

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  • No change, everything stays the same
  • change is an illusion
  • cannot use senes for observation, senses unreliable
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Syracusia

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241 BC ship (archimedes)

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214 BC, Marcus Claudius Marcellus sent to destroy syracuse

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Siege of Syracuse

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241 BC ship (archimedes)

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Academy 338 BCPlato

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First school

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Math is universal languageUniverse powered by Hestia (central fire)

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Pythagoras

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Lyceum

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Aristotle 335 BC

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Introduced the Atom

-Everything made from atoms

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Democritus

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Hesiod
8th century BCGreek Mythology: Theogamy
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No change and No motion | -Runner paradox
Zeno
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First scientist/philosopher - first to reject divine intervention - first astronomer
Thales
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Aristotle 335 BC
Lyceum
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syracuse victory celebrationromans sneak in and kill everyone
212 BC
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600 BC city in Ionia
Miletus
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- sense not reliable - allegory of the cave - Sphere is a perfect form
Plato
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Archimedes
Greatest mathematician and inventor/scientist of all time - built planetarium - first mechanical clock
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Pythagoras
Math is universal language | Universe powered by Hestia (central fire)
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Greek law system
Based on strict intangible evidence
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- free time - record keeping - standardized measurement system - mathematics - warm climate
Components for development of philosophy and science
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SPARE TIME
Additionally, the plow allowed for:
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Additionally, the plow allowed for:
SPARE TIME
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First Volcanologist
Empedocles
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Anaximander
First world map | First evolution theory (without divine internvention)
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Democritus
Introduced the Atom | -Everything made from atoms
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Empedocles
First Volcanologist
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Antikythera
displayed positions of various stars(archimedes)
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Siege of Syracuse
214 BC, Marcus Claudius Marcellus sent to destroy syracuse
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212 BC
syracuse victory celebrationromans sneak in and kill everyone
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Components for development of philosophy and science
- free time - record keeping - standardized measurement system - mathematics - warm climate
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First world map | First evolution theory (without divine internvention)
Anaximander

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