CLAS 1000 Chapter 6: Classical Cultures Chapter 6

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1000
• Professor: John Walsh

Document Summary

The birth of philosophy & the persian wars. Thales, a milesian citizen, may be the founder of philosophy. He claimed that the earth is supported by water, and that water is the ultimate and original substance of everything that exists. This idea is challenged by anaximander, also milesian, who claims that the basic element of the universe is the in nite , he even tries to account for the perpetual process of change that the universe undergoes. This idea was challenged by anaximenes, also milesian, claimed that the fundamental substance of the universe is air, also tried to explain the change in the universe. Among other things, served as a market place at the heart of every greek polis. Symbolized open market concept economy of the greek in contrast to the centralized economy of the persian kingdom (similar to what the greeks were familiar with in the. Location where public business of polis was carried out.