Ancient Greek Philosopher-Scientists by Varous

07 – Pythagoras of Samos and the pythagoreans

01 – Anaxagoras of Klazomenai

02 – Anaximander of Miletos

03 – Anaximenes of Miletos

04 – Empedocles of Agrigentum

05 – Heraclitus

06 – Parmenides of Elea

08 – Thales of Miletos

09 – Xenophanes of Kolophon

10 – Zeno of Elea

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The Pre-Socratic Greek philosophers, that is, the philosopher-scientists who lived before or contemporaneously to Socrates, were the first men in the Western world to establish a line of inquiry regarding the natural phenomena that rejected the traditional religious explanations and searched for rational explanations. Even though they do not form a school of thought, they can be considered the fathers of philosophy and many other sciences as we have them now. None of their works is extant, so, in this collection, we present the textual fragments, when existing, of ten Pre-Socratic philosopher-scientists, and quotations and testimonials about them left by later authors. Texts collected by Leni.

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