The Presocratics: Crash Course History of Science #2
Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse So, who was this Presocrates guy? Just kidding! Long ago, some philosophers worked...
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Long ago, some philosophers worked very hard to separate myths from what they actually knew about nature. Thales theorized that everything in the world is made of water. Pythagoras was a mathematical-mystical vegetarian. And Democritus, we all know and love as the Atom Guy… Meet the Presocratics! [Intro Music Plays] The Presocratics were named for their leader, Presocrates. That is a joke! They were several different philosophers who lived before Socrates. Why start with the Presocratics? Since people have systematically made knowledge about the world for millennia, there’s no single starting point. But a convenient place to get our footing is ancient Greece. These Greeks were the cornerstone of scientific inquiry in western Europe. Their theories...
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Long ago, some philosophers worked very hard to separate myths from what they actually knew about nature. Thales theorized that everything in the world is made of water. Pythagoras was a mathematical-mystical vegetarian. And Democritus, we all know and love as the Atom Guy… Meet the Presocratics! [Intro Music Plays] The Presocratics were named for their leader, Presocrates. That is a joke! They were several different philosophers who lived before Socrates. Why start with the Presocratics? Since people have systematically made knowledge about the world for millennia, there’s no single starting point. But a convenient place to get our footing is ancient Greece. These Greeks were the cornerstone of scientific inquiry in western Europe. Their theories...
