Principles of Nature Final Review 2024

"All things come from water"

• Thales

• Anaximander

• Anaximenes

• Anaxagorus

• Empedocles

First element is infinite

• Anaximander

• Anaximenes

• Anaxagorus

• Empedocles

• Parmenides

First element is air

• Anaximander

• Anaximenes

• Anaxagorus

• Empedocles

• Parmenides

All things are in everything as "seeds"

• Anaximander

• Anaximenes

• Anaxagorus

• Empedocles

• Parmenides

Nous set everything in motion

• Anaximander

• Anaximenes

• Anaxagorus

• Empedocles

• Parmenides

Four "roots" - water, air earth fire

• Anaxagorus

• Anaximenes

• Empedocles

• Parmenides

• Thales

Love brings elements together, strife drives them apart

• Anaximenes

• Anaxagorus

• Empedocles

• Parmenides

• Anaximander

knowledge about the natural world gained through experiment

• Modern Natural Science

• Natural Philosophy

Ex. Claiming that elements are necessary and try to define "element"

• General vs. Particular

• Universal vs. Confined Experience

• Self Evident vs. Hypothesis

Ex. Experiencing earthquakes rather than explaining what motion is

• General vs. Particular

• Universal vs. Confined Experience

• Self-Evident vs. Hypothesis