Ancients Flashcards
1
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chief of the Sophists
A
Protagoras
2
Q
each atom impenetrable and indivisible because it contains no void
A
Democritus
3
Q
“Naught happens for nothing, but everything from a ground and of necessity”
A
Leucippus
4
Q
First explained that moon shines by reflected light
A
Anaxagoras
5
Q
“Thou canst know what is not - that is impossible - nor utter it; for it is the same thing that can be thought and that can be.”
A
Parmenides
6
Q
“You cannot step twice into the same river; for fresh waters are ever flowing in upon you.”
A
Heraclitus
7
Q
beginning of Western Philosophy; said everything is made of water
A
Thales
8
Q
“all things are numbers”
A
Pythagoras
9
Q
Protagoras
A
490BC - 420BC
10
Q
Anaxagoras
A
500BC - 428BC
11
Q
Democritus
A
460BC - 428BC
12
Q
Thales
A
624BC - 546BC
13
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Anaximander
A
611BC - 546BC
