PHILOS 2P03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Babylonian Astronomy, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Cronus
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Thales" cosmology (cid:498)ancient greek philosophy(cid:499: (cid:498)philosophia(cid:499) (cid:523)lover of wisdom and lover of wisdom(cid:524) The masters of truth: authoritative, democratic and demonstrative/philosophical truth, the notion of truth changes through the circumstance that the text if found in, later on in the era truth was demonstrative. Cronus: is easier to understand came around. The late 7th century bce: that is, circa 630-601. The early 6th century bce: that is, circa 600-570 bce. The turn of the 4th century bce: that is, circa 399 bce. The early 4th century bce: that is, circa 322 bce (aristotle died in the late fourth century bce. Website: garbopash. com (stuff all power points and lecture notes) His idea is that earth floats on water: earthquakes aren"t caused by poseidon. Aristotle"s four causes: formal, efficient, final, and material, cause is just an explanation of something, lets so of ones existence.