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Who was Democritus?philosophy/the ancient world 2022. 6. 3. 09:23
Imagine a super curious guy living in Ancient Greece, around 460 BCE. That’s Democritus! He was always asking big questions about the world, like:-What is everything made of?-Can you keep breaking things down forever?Now, while other philosophers were busy talking about gods and mystical forces, Democritus had a wild idea:-The entire universe is made of tiny, invisible, unbreakable pieces called..
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Man is the measure of all things."-Protagorasphilosophy/the ancient world 2022. 5. 27. 16:30
So, picture this: It's ancient Greece, around the 5th century BCE, and this guy Protagoras is making waves with some pretty bold ideas. He was from a place called Abdera, which was also home to another famous thinker, Democritus(the dude who came up with the idea of atoms). But Protagoras wasn't about atoms-he was all about words, arguments, and how we understand truth.Now, Protagoras is often c..
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"Everything is one"-Parmenides(Greek philosopher)philosophy/the ancient world 2022. 5. 26. 11:46
Picture this: Ancient Greece, around 500 BCE, and there's this dude named Parmenides strutting around Elea(a Greek city in southern Italy). But he's not your average toga-wearing, wine-sipping philosopher-nah, this guy is about to drop one of the weirdest, most mind-bending ideas in philosophy. The man, The Myth, The "Everything is One" Guy Parmenides wasn't just some random thinker; he was basi..
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'You can't step into the same river twice!'philosophy/the ancient world 2022. 5. 24. 10:25
Heraclitus was an ancient Greek philosopher from around 500 BCE, and his big idea was "everything is always changing." He's famous for saying, "You can't step into the same river twice," because by the time you step in again, the water has already flowed away-just like everything in life keeps moving and evolviing.he also believed that opposites(like day and night, life and death) are connected ..
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Who was Confucius?philosophy/the ancient world 2022. 5. 22. 18:30
Confucius(551-479BCE) was an ancient Chinese Philosopher and teacher whose ideas shaped Chinese culture for over 2,000 years! Born in the Spirng and Autumn Period, he lived in a time of chaos and wanted to bring order and harmony to society. He worked as a teacher, a government official, and later became a legendary thinker.His big idea: The way of life(Confucianism)Confucius believed that good ..
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The Enigmatic Pythagoras:A Philosopher, a Mystic, a Legendphilosophy/the ancient world 2022. 5. 18. 11:41
Imagine a time over 2,500 years ago, in a world where gods and myths were woven into everyday life. On the sun-drenched island of Samos, off the Coast of ancient Greece, a boy was born-Pythagoras. Little did anyone know, this boy would grow up to be one of the most mysterious and influential thinkers of all time.From a young age, Pythagoras was different. He was obsessed with numbers, patterns, ..
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The mysterious journey of Laozi:The Sage Who Rode a Buffalophilosophy/the ancient world 2022. 5. 16. 16:48
In the heart of ancient China, during the tumultuous decline of the Zhou Dynasty, there lived a man whose wisdom was so profound that emperors, scholars, and wanderers alike sought his guidance. His name was Laozi(老子), meaning "Old Master," and though left behind no great empire, his ideas would shape the very soul of Chinese philosophy for miilennia. Laozi was no ordinary man. He was the keeper..
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A philosopher who thought of evolution before Darwinphilosophy/the ancient world 2022. 5. 14. 17:16
Anaximander (c. 610~546 BCE) was an early Greek philosopher from Miletus, an ancient city in what is now Turkey. He was a student of Thales and is considered one of the first phiosophers to explore the nature of the universe in a systematic way.His life-Lived in Miletus, a Greek city in Ionia(morden-day Turkey).-A student of Thales, one of the first know philosophers.-He is said to have wrtten o..