PHI 2380 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Think Tank, Anaximander, Ancient Greek Philosophy
29 Jan 2015
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The milesians and xenophanes: few original works (mostly just anaximander) most of what we have is second hand testimony. Why water: 28 simplicius notes that this idea that water is basic is not new with thales. the greeks recognize that many of this ideas come from the east or the south (the. Egyptians and their take on water: miletus was in central turkey the center of trade a place to share new ideas. 2015-01-16: greek philosophy was always in dialogue with the east (not a self-contained think-tank) 2015-01-16 one of the thing that defines the world we live in is opposites (water vs. fire; hot vs. cold; dry vs. wet: arche (the first principle) has to correspond with wet & dry substances (water) and hot. The things that are perish into the things from which they come to be .
