The Beginnings of Philosophy (pt 3) Flashcards

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What Philosopher sought to find the unity among the diversity of the four elements?

What did he come up with?

A
  1. Anaximander
  2. The fifth essence
  3. Called the apeiron
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What is the fifth essence (the apeiron) according to Anaximander?

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  1. Boundless (Infinite)
  2. Ageless (Eternal)
  3. Material that brings unity to the diversity
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3
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Who is Anaximenes?

What did he believe about ultimate reality? Why did he believe this?

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  1. Student of Anaximander
  2. Ultimate reality is Air
  3. essential to life, self-movement, different states (rarefaction and condensation)
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Who was Zeno?

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  1. Pre-Socratic skeptic
  2. Set out to prove that the senses deal only with appearances and not with reality
  3. Developed four paradoxes
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What did Democritus believe ultimate reality was made up of?

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  1. atoms
  2. Smallest indivisible particle
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