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Pre-Socratic Philosophers

Western philosophy began in Ancient Greece about 800 years before the common era. Before philosophy, myths explained natural phenomena (the sun was carried around the heavens by Apollo's chariot; Zeus hurled thunder and lightning from the top of Mount Olympus). Early philosophers attempted to pro

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Pre-Socratic Philosophers

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    1. Pre-Socratic Philosophers

    3. Thales of Miletus (624-545 B.C.E)

    4. Anaximander of Miletus (611-546 B.C.E)

    5. Anaximenes of Miletus (died 500 B.C.E)

    6. Parmenides of Elea (5th c. B.C.E)

    8. Anaxagoras (500-428 B.C.E)

    9. The Atomists: Leucippus of Miletus (5th c. B.C.E) Democritus of Abdera (460-370 B.C.E)

    10. Heraclitus of Ephesus (510-480 B.C.E)

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