philosophy Flashcards
what does presocratic mean
they are the greek phiolosphers who lived before the time of socrates
what drove the presocratics
driven by the question where did everything come from and what is everything mae of
what caused the presocratic books to slowly disappear
- the roman empire and the emergence of christianity
what are the three issues with the presocratic philosophers
- the one and the many, change and consistency, and relativism
the one and the many
how one basic thing is the source of many varied things
change and consistency
how things remain constant as they change over time
relativism
whether principles are absolute or created by people
what did Thales pick as the origin of everything
water
what was his reasoning that everything was made of water
-the earth rests on water
-the nutrition of all things are moist
-he is creating science and he picked a non mythilogical conclusion
who was Thales student?
anaximander
what did anaximander thing was the origin of everything
the boundless
what is the boundless
it has no quality to it but it gives birth to air fire and water
who is anaximanders student
anaximines
what did anaximines choose as the fundmenetal substance
he chose air
what was pythagorus’ focus on philosphy was
numbers
