CLST 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Atomic Theory, Sea Anemone, Miletus
4 Apr 2016
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Philosophy (philosophoi: originally means love of knowledge", the word is used in the specialized sense starting from the time of plato. Philosophers: inquiry into many subjects (e. g. , ethics, theology, natural science, thales of miletos. 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 natural events, also including astronomical phenomena, without the involvement of supernatural entities. Water was the primary principle from which all matter originates: anaximander of miletos. One of his most important theories was the 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: anaximenes of miletos. All the elements are air at different stages or density (i. e. , water wind clouds water earth stones: xenophanes of kolophon & heraclitus of ephesos.
