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620 BC - 546 BC
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Pre-Socratic, Milesian. Rejected supernatural explanations, aimed to find naturalistic answers using reason and argument. All things made of water. Brought geometry from Egypt to Greece.
610 BC - 546 BC
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Pre-Socratic, Milesian. Student of Thales. All things made of a neutral primal substance (apeiron), which is infinite, eternal and ageless. Rejected Thales on the grounds that water - if primal - would conquer everything.
585 BC - 528 BC
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Pre-Socratic, Milesian. Student of Anaximander. Fundamental substance is air. When compacted, air becomes water, then earth, then stone. Rarified air yields fire. The soul is made of air.
570 Bc - 495 BC
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570 BC - 475 BC
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535 BC - 475 BC
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510 BCE - 450 BCE
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500 BCE - 428 BCE
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Pre-Socratic, Ionian. Sun and stars are fiery stones - he got sentenced to death for this, but escaped. Correct theory of eclipses. Four elements, everything is infinitely divisible. Mind (nous) is the substance that distinguishes living things from dead matter. Probably atheist.
490 BC - 430 BC
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490 BC - 420 BC
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469 BC - 399 BC
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460 BC - 370 BC
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Greek atomist, student of Leucippus (5th century BCE). Everything is composed of atoms - indestructible, always in motion (within the void), infinite in kind and number. The soul is made of atoms and dies with the body, thoughts are due to physical processes. No purpose, but cheerfulness is the goal of life.
429 BCE - 347 BCE
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412 BC - 323 BC
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384 BCE - 322 BCE
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1596 CE - 1650 CE
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1632 - 1704
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1685 - 1753
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1711 - 1776
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10,000 BCE - 9,500 BCE
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3500 BCE - 3300 BCE
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First cities (2,000 inhabitants for large cities). Writing developed in various places: cuniform, hieroglyphs etc
1687
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