pre-socratics Flashcards
(19 cards)
theles’ arche
water
anaximander’s arche
infinite divine substance, ‘apeiron’
anaximenes’ arche
air
pythagoras’ arche
number
heraclitus’ arche
change
parmenides’ arche
nothing changes
empedocles’ arche
air water earth fire
anaxagoras’ arche
everything has a part of everything in it
democratis
atoms
facts about thales
-he predicted a solar eclipse
-“1st philosopher”
facts about anaximander
-made sundial
-loved astronomy
-the earth is flat and floats in space
facts about anaximenes
-gave scientific explanations for his theories
-earth floats on air
-everything is made of air
-provided explanations for things like earthquakes, lightning, etc.
facts about pythagoras
-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’
facts about heraclitus
-nicknamed ‘the obscurer’ and ‘the weeping philosopher’
-change is directed by by ‘logos’
facts about parmenides
-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
facts about empedocles
-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
facts about anaxagoras
-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
facts about democritus
-traveled a lot, maybe even to india
-“father of modern science”
-atoms are differant in size and shape
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name the 9 pre-socratics in order
thales
anaxemander
anaxemines
pythagoras
heraclitus
parmenides
empedocles
anaxagoras
democritus
