Ancient Greek Philosophy

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Lisa Anderson

Ancient Greek Philosophy

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Ancient Greek Philosophy

Bibliography

Hellenistic Philosophy

Epicureanism

Stoicism

Skepticism

The Cynics

Aristotle

Works

Method

Logic

Plato

Dialogues

Influence

Theory of Forms

Socrates

Morals and Ethics

Philosophy

Sophists

Early Philosophy/PreSocratic

The Milesian or Ionian School

Searched for elemental foundation of all things (atom) and origin of motion.6th century BC

The Pythagoreans

Sought intellectual foundation for religious way of life- metempsychosisinfluenced by Egyptians- abstract and mathematicalNumberLate 6th century BCE

Xenophanes of Colophon

Believed in a single deity that was entirely mind who was not at all physical.

Heraclitus of Ephesus

Change =unitySaw unity between change and opposites as a god

Parmenides of Elea

Being is unchanging and the moving, changing world is simply an illusionReason without senses- foundation for Plato's thought and modern Christian view of Godopposite of Heraticles

Zeno of Elea

Produced paradoxes that supported the ideas of his teacher, Parmenides, 'proved' that motion and divisibility were impossible.

Empedocles of Acragas

Combined ideas of Heraclitus and Parmenides and came up with four elements that remain unchanged but form a changing, moving world.

Atomists

Void with no matter exists and is composed of tiny particles of the same material with different shapes and sizes.When these particles form certain vortexes, that is the world we live in.