The Greeks and Evolutionary Thought Flashcards
the first scientist
anaximander
scientist that thought that physical forces created order In the universe and the first animals sprang from the sea-humans in fish, originally thought simple gave rise to more complex
anaximander
coined the 4 elements
Empedocles
book written by Empedocles describing how animals were created through combo of free roaming body parts
On Nature
student of Socrates that created the theory of forms
Plato
the fifth element created by Plato
aether
the concept that the material world was set, and the appearance of change is only because of our sense, this is now called the type specimen.
Theory of Forms
who was the student of Plato that wrote history of Animals
aristotle
book written by Aristotle to organize living things from the least perfect to the most perfect
Scala Naturae
The Scala Nature was illustrated into a work by didisacus valades called retorica christiana, visualizing the
Great Chain of Being
