The Presocratics: Crash Course History of Science #2
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Phil
Anaximenes certainly belongs in the Milesian conversation. Whereas his teacher, Anaximander, thought -the archae- was Apeiron, Anaximenes proposed that it was aer, or air/breath/wind/mist/etc, arguing that condensation and evaporation taken to extremes could explain its transformation into fire, water, or earth. This was significant in that it was the first scientific theory that made an effort to propose an entirely natural causal element, using only things that they had evidence existed. As far as there is textual evidence to support, he was the most sophisticated thinker of the Milesians.
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Anaximenes certainly belongs in the Milesian conversation. Whereas his teacher, Anaximander, thought -the archae- was Apeiron, Anaximenes proposed that it was aer, or air/breath/wind/mist/etc, arguing that condensation and evaporation taken to extremes could explain its transformation into fire, water, or earth. This was significant in that it was the first scientific theory that made an effort to propose an entirely natural causal element, using only things that they had evidence existed. As far as there is textual evidence to support, he was the most sophisticated thinker of the Milesians.
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5kollar#
And what confounded them, goes on to this very day; somewhat stretched out. I picked up a book
in school on the pre socratic's that
interested me more than any of the ancients. They're a magnificent read, don't pass them
up if you're beginning a look into
philosophy -
And don't say anything to America,
but do not pass up eastern wisdom, colossal mistake.
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And what confounded them, goes on to this very day; somewhat stretched out. I picked up a book
in school on the pre socratic's that
interested me more than any of the ancients. They're a magnificent read, don't pass them
up if you're beginning a look into
philosophy -
And don't say anything to America,
but do not pass up eastern wisdom, colossal mistake.
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Fire
Uh. Democritus is a presocratic philosopher and he's actually younger than Socrates. The term doesn't refer to philosophers that -lived before Socrates- but to an attitude - philosophers that investigate the essence of nature, rather than human nature, which is the case in Democritus.
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Uh. Democritus is a presocratic philosopher and he's actually younger than Socrates. The term doesn't refer to philosophers that -lived before Socrates- but to an attitude - philosophers that investigate the essence of nature, rather than human nature, which is the case in Democritus.
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Aspiah
This is awesome! I learn a lot as well as it reminds me a lot about the presocratics. Democritus state that atom is made up of everything. I always heard atom but l didn't actually know who discovered atom- thanks for this vedio.
I'm looking for the next video
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This is awesome! I learn a lot as well as it reminds me a lot about the presocratics. Democritus state that atom is made up of everything. I always heard atom but l didn't actually know who discovered atom- thanks for this vedio.
I'm looking for the next video
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Zvi
no mention of Heraclitus? 'pantei rei' the first philosopher to perceive the chaotic nature of the world expressed in the fragment '; you can't step into the same river twice'highl recommend reading Kirk & Raven 'The Presocratics' C. U. P.
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no mention of Heraclitus? 'pantei rei' the first philosopher to perceive the chaotic nature of the world expressed in the fragment '; you can't step into the same river twice'highl recommend reading Kirk & Raven 'The Presocratics' C. U. P.
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androkguz
Ok, but if the Chineese had been using stuff like the solar clock for two millenia before this guys. why aren't we starting this journey with the Chineese?
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Ok, but if the Chineese had been using stuff like the solar clock for two millenia before this guys. why aren't we starting this journey with the Chineese?
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atwilliams8
Presocratic philosophers = Ancient Egyptians. They taught Pythagoras and wrote oldest geometry and algebra problems known to man.
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Presocratic philosophers = Ancient Egyptians. They taught Pythagoras and wrote oldest geometry and algebra problems known to man.
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Sumeet
pythagoras and john dolton are robbers
they have robbed this knowledge from ilIndian vedic maths and indian science respectively
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pythagoras and john dolton are robbers
they have robbed this knowledge from ilIndian vedic maths and indian science respectively
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Bryan
Milesians, or at least Thales, shouldn't be described as strictly materialist because he did not believe matter was all there is.
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Milesians, or at least Thales, shouldn't be described as strictly materialist because he did not believe matter was all there is.
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