Episode 1 ... Presocratic Philosophy - Ionian

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Great summary, I really enjoyed it. I'd just add one remark: the lives and personalities of presocratics are largely fictionalized to fit their philosophies. We have no reason to believe basically any of the anecdotes on Heraclitus or his misantropic behaviour and crazy death. For further reading I'd recommend a book Death by Philosophy by late Ava Chitwood.

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Pre-Socratic Philosophy - Ionian (c. 0:01) Preliminary Remarks (c. 0:49) Introduction (c. 14:27) Thales (c. 25:30) Heraclitus (c. 35:48) Democritus

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25:00

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