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Brief History of Philosophical Thought

Brief History of Philosophical Thought 

What is Philosophy?

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Philosophy comes from the Greek word phílosophía, meaning ‘the love of wisdom’, and is the knowledge of ‘thinking about thinking’.

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Questioning The Mythological World View

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Philosophy began by questioning the mythological world view of how humanity was created.

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The Natural Philosophers

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The earliest Greek philosophers are called the Natural Philosophers because they were concerned with the natural world and its processes.

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Three Philosophers From Miletus

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Miletus, a Greek colony in Asia Minor on the coast of modern-day Turkey, was the birthplace of three Natural Philosophers.

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Parmenides

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Parmenides (c. 540 – 480 BC), from a Greek colony in southern Italy, believed that everything had always existed.

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Heraclitus

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Heraclitus (c. 540 – 480 BC), was from Ephesus in Asia Minor and believed nature was in constant change.

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Four Basic Elements

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Instead of there being one single substance for creation, what if there were four substances, earth water, air and fire.

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