I argue that not even Aristotle presented Thales as the first philosopher, and that doing so would have undermined his philosophical commitments and interests. Beyond Aristotle, the view that Thales was the first philosopher is attested almost nowhere in antiquity. In the classical, Hellenistic, and...
I strongly believe that a well-rounded society needs everyone to have an early education in the arts. A healthy society needs all its members to open their eyes—and their minds—so that they can learn what is true and beautiful, just as the famous Greek philosopher Plato said, “The refl...
百度试题 结果1 题目Who was considered by Aristotle to be the first philosopher in Greek tradition?相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 Thales(泰利斯) 反馈 收藏
Evolution's First Philosopher 来自 Semantic Scholar 喜欢 0 阅读量: 91 作者: JA Popp 摘要: The world becomes full of organisms that have what it takes to become ancestors. That, in a sentence, is Darwinism. —Richard Dawkins, River out of Eden (1995:2) Studies of the human brain reveal...
In theory, first principles thinking requires you to dig deeper and deeper until you are left with only the foundational truths of a situation. Rene Descartes, the French philosopher and scientist, embraced this approach with a method now called Cartesian Doubt in which he would “systematically ...
Maybe it is Rowling's skillful use of these characters from mythology that helps to make the series so popular.In the first book, Harry Potter and Philosopher's" Stone, Harry confronts a horrible three-headed dog named Fluffy, whose job is to guard the stone. Fluffy is based on a ...
According to the record, during the Han and Jin dynasties, on August 27 each year, the birthday of Confucius,followed by court officials, the emperor would go to Confucius' temple and pay tribute to the ancient philosopher, and would also invite royal teachers 44 the imperial court for a ...
René Descartes, a philosopher in the 17th century era, begins his book Meditations on First Philosophy writing a letter to the Sorbonne. Later he talks about the basic principles of science. He also was to be able to show how Christianity was also consistent with science. In other words, ...
Plato often says that men live only in a dream; the philosopher alone strives to awake himself. Pindar says (ii. η. 135):σκιας οναρανθρωπος (umbræ somnium homo), and Sophocles:—Ὀνωγυν ἡμας ουδενοντας αλλο, πλην...
Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher who is credited with laying the fundamentals (基础) of modern Western philosophy. He is a mysterious figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his most famous student Plato.Socrates has become well known...