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The Origins of Western Philosophy |
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| I. |
Pythagoras and the Word "Philosophy" |
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| II. |
The Geographic Origins of Philosophy and Science |
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| A. |
A New Set of Questions |
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| B. |
New Methods |
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| C. |
Debt to the Past |
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| III. |
A Chronology of Early Thinkers and the Questions They Asked |
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| A. |
Thales of Miletos (c. 580 BCE) |
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| B. |
The Nature of Being |
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| 1. |
Thales (640?-546 BCE) |
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| 2. |
Anaximander (610-546 BCE) |
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| 3. |
Anaximenes (585-524 BCE) |
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| 4. |
Pythagoras (c. 572-500 BCE), Theano, Myia, Damo, and Arignote |
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| C. |
The Nature of Change |
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| 1. |
Heraclitus (540-470 BCE) |
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| 2. |
Parmenides (c. 515-440 BCE) |
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| 3. |
Atomism |
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| IV. |
The Fifth Century BCE and the Reorientation of Western Thought (the Mythos/Logos Distinction) |
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