CLST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Pythagorean Theorem, Sea Anemone, Atomic Theory
7 Jan 2016
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The word is used in the specialized sense starting from the time of. Those who are lovers of knowledge (philosophoi) must be inquirers into many things . The many things" mentioned here encompass what today would be very separate disciplines: natural science", theology, ethics, epistemology, metaphysics and much more. He was considered the first philosopher who investigated the basic principles, the question of the originating substances of matter. Interested in all fields of knowledge, he proposed theories to explain events of nature, also including astronomical phenomena, without the involvement of supernatural entities. He believed that water was the primary principle, from which all. Anaximander of miletos c. 610-546 bce: boundless" as origin of matter originates all that is. One of his most important theories was that celestial bodies describe full circles. This is suggested by observation, but it necessarily entails the concept of the earth floating unsupported in space, which was a new and bold concept.
