2 The Early Pre Socratic Philosophers

[@alistair9283]

Great lecture. The Program you're using helps create a nice flow. Good aesthetics are useful for concentration/interest. Heraclitus is extremely interesting with regards Hegel, unity of opposites n' what not. Thanks a lot, I always enjoy your lectures.

[@yunyaku3445]

Thank you for this informative video! Super.

[@kayakbrent]

Wow! I've been looking for this for a long time.

[@martinwilliams9866]

When gases condense, they increase in temperature, not decrease. Likewise, when gases expand, they get colder, not hotter. However, when gases are cooled, they condense & when they get heated, they expand. Is it not possible that Anaximenes Aer is like "Space" or more properly "Space-time" which could also be liken to a sea?

[@ostihpem]

@Mark Thorsby: Great lecture series. Please feel free to comment the ancient ideas also from what we know today. Some ideas e.g. seem outdated.

[@innosanto]

Thales found/proved Thales theorem. He was not just philosopher, he was also mathematician,astronomer,engineer ( earth tunnels) ,meteorologist, philosopher.

[@panikosstavrou4062]

If, as you say, the eclipse was at 585 BCE and Thales was 45 years old, that means he was born in 630 BCE, not 625.

[@Therapythroughmusic]

excellent video minus the notification tones.

[@1a4s4l7]

Thales 1:00-18:00

[@nox3335]

I thought geb was earth to the Egyptians but ta waeth. The word measure probably goes way back to proto European. Sure the Greeks may have learned their word from the Egyptians but to say that it originates from there is probably a little off. I think

[@havenbastion]

45 was a ripe old age back then so it's the equivalent of 70 today, or something.

[@ostihpem]

+Keisar Betancourt I don't think so. In these times people also did become 70, but because of wars and sicknesses more people died young, so the average mortality was lower.

[@MrAlanfalk73]

I Think that both Sokrates, Plato and Aristotle lived to be over 70 years of age. And my philosophy teacher once told Me that 40 was the prime age of an old greek, I Think he said the word was "flowit" but I couldn't be wrong.

[@MrAlanfalk73]

+Alan Falk could be wrong

[@darioplant8029]

If Thales was a poor man, who come he bought all the olive presses?

[@laurahoughton1289]

Yes, seems more likely he was a man of leisure

[@benquinney2]

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