History of philosophy
Miletus
Underlying principle of the universe- H20
Milesian or Ionian School
· Thales circa 624-546 BC
- "All things come from water into water all things are resolved"
- Nietzsche claimed that he deserved to be considered the first philosopher because he
argued:
o About the origin of things
o Without image or story
o Claimed that all things are unified
· Anaximander 610-546 BC
· Anaximenes 585-528 BC
Lawgivers:
- Seven Sages
- Solon of Athens
- Thales of Miletus
The Presocratics- first Greece philosophers
Anaximander
· All things are apeiron (without border, either internal or external)
· From Anaximander we have the earliest words from a philosopher's own writing:
- Whence things have their origin,
Thence also their destruction happens,
According to necessity;