Sophie's World: the Natural Philosophers
 




I.
A Narrow Escape: Sophie's White Lie




II.
The Philosopher's Project




III.
The Natural Philosophers (The Pre-Socratic Philosophers)





A.
Three Milesian Philosophers (Philosophers from Miletos) and the Problem of Being


1.
Thales (c. 585 BCE)                           


2.
Anaximander (c. 546 BCE)


3.
Anaximenes (c. 546 BCE)





B.
The Problem of Change


1.
Parmenides of Elea (c. 540-480 BCE) and Rationalism


2.
Heraclitus of Ephesus (c 540-480 BCE) and the Logos


3.
Empedocles of Sicily (c. 490-430 BCE) and the Four Basic Elements



Earth, Air, Fire, Water



Love and Strife


4.
Anaxagoras (c. 500-428 BCE)





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