Philosophers Flashcards

(11 cards)

1
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Wonder - the only beginning of philosophy

A

Plato

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It is owing to their wonder that men both now begin and at first began to philosophize

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Aristotle

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3
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The first philosopher; believed that all is water

A

Thales

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4
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Apeiron “unbounded”

A

Anaximander

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5
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Believed that all is air

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Anaximenes

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6
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Believed that all is number

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Pythagoras

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7
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Everything is change; we cannot step twice in the same river; logos-fire “universal principle”

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Heraclitus

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8
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Reality is one; what is, is, and it is impossible for it not to be

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Parmenides

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9
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Fire, water, earth and air - fundamental materials of the world

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Empedocles

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10
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Atoms are numberless, primary beings, and foundation of the world-process

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Democritus & Leucippus (the atomists)

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11
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Primordial being; nous or mind

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Anaxagoras

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