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pre-socratics Flashcards

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theles’ arche

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water

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anaximander’s arche

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infinite divine substance, ‘apeiron’

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anaximenes’ arche

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air

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pythagoras’ arche

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number

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heraclitus’ arche

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change

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parmenides’ arche

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nothing changes

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empedocles’ arche

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air water earth fire

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anaxagoras’ arche

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everything has a part of everything in it

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democratis

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atoms

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facts about thales

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-he predicted a solar eclipse
-“1st philosopher”

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facts about anaximander

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-made sundial
-loved astronomy
-the earth is flat and floats in space

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facts about anaximenes

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-gave scientific explanations for his theories
-earth floats on air
-everything is made of air
-provided explanations for things like earthquakes, lightning, etc.

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facts about pythagoras

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-married to a philosopher, Theano
-has a school/cult/religion, everyone is vegetarian and also doesn’t ear beans
-1st to use the word ‘philosopher’

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facts about heraclitus

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-nicknamed ‘the obscurer’ and ‘the weeping philosopher’
-change is directed by by ‘logos’

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facts about parmenides

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-2 ways= way of truth and way of opinion
-way of truth: nothing that doesn’t exist can come into existence
-way of opinion: change is an illusion

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facts about empedocles

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-all elements are arche
-elements are moved by love and strife
-love unites
-strife seperates
-primary substance=4 elements
-secondary substance=everything else
-in the beginning everything was one giant ball before it was seperated

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facts about anaxagoras

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-everything has a portion of everything else in it
-you can divide something infinitly
- Mind or “Nous” sets everything in order and has supreme powerand knowledge over all things, it is both material and non-material, it is a rational principal for the ordering of the cosmosand exists in all things

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facts about democritus

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-traveled a lot, maybe even to india
-“father of modern science”
-atoms are differant in size and shape
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19
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name the 9 pre-socratics in order

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thales
anaxemander
anaxemines
pythagoras
heraclitus
parmenides
empedocles
anaxagoras
democritus

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