HISB10H3 Lecture 5: HISB10
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Distinct greeks modes of thinking and philosophy: get the development of greek intellect. Thales of miletus: greek & (venetian, aristocratic, called pre-socratic philosopher. Interested the in natural world and the interaction with the human world: there"s a foundational element for all the different philosophers (water, air) Anaximander of miletus: philosophical schools of thought, first one to write things down (none survived, first prose writer, non-mythological writing for the first time, new theories on astronomy. Details rotations of the earth and ties it to changes of the season. Music: thinking of organization on a more human level. This is why he goes to the western mediterranean: he sets up his on philosophical colony. Talking about a sole rule who has control because a certain group will be insolent: sole ruler = tyrant ; single person who has control over a state. Demos; the people in a broad most general sense (full citizen population: democracy comes from this.
