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The Ionian Natural<strong>is</strong>ts<br />

All rejected standard myths about how <strong>the</strong> w<strong>or</strong>kd<br />

was.<br />

Early scient<strong>is</strong>ts. Are <strong>the</strong>y philosophers at all?<br />

Thales: Mon<strong>is</strong>m and Material<strong>is</strong>m<br />

Anaximander, h<strong>is</strong> student who talked back to him.<br />

Reality <strong>is</strong> not water! Dry th<strong>in</strong>gs!<br />

Reality <strong>is</strong> “prim<strong>or</strong>dial stuff” -- apeiron<br />

Apeiron describes <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>def<strong>in</strong>ite, unlimited<br />

It <strong>is</strong> chaotic, like a void, even a s<strong>or</strong>t of noth<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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