Open RiskApr 26

Carlo Rovelli is making the case in his book #anaximander that 600bc is when modernity really started. The Ionian Greek philosopher from Miletus was the first Homo Sapiens (indirectly attested) to seek explanations of reality without invoking mythical causes, insisting purely on explaining nature within itself: Rain and thunder are not caused by "Zeus" but by evaporation etc.

We could argue that this is when the seeds of our unsustainability were planted. But it took millennia to see...

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PeteFeb 5, 2024

Video of lecture

Hesitation
by Anne Carson

#AnneCarson #Anaximander #Rilke #Heidegger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9dNpWq9e1Q

"Hesitation" by Anne Carson (V.O)

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formuchdeliberationDec 29, 2023
The pre-socratics were concerned with the basic principles of nature including aspects of moral law. During this period the views of thinkers such as Xenophanes, Anaxagoras, and Anaximander flourished... explore aspects of pre-socratic thought @ philosophy indefinitely ~ #philosophy #presocratics #GreekPhilosophy #Xenophanes #anaximander #anaxagoras #Morallaw #nature #knowledge #principlesofnature
https://philosophyindefinitely.wordpress.com/2019/07/19/history-of-philosophy-the-moral-universe-in-the-pre-socratics/
History of philosophy – the moral universe in the pre-socratics…

Note: I’m following a series of downloaded 1992 lectures on the ‘History of Philosophy’ by the late Dr. Arthur F. Holmes, Professor of Philosophy, Wheaton College. These are my notes after listenin…

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World History EncyclopediaAug 18, 2023
The Pre-Socratic Philosophers are defined as the Greek thinkers who developed independent and original schools of thought from the time of Thales of Miletus (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/Pre-Socratic_Philosophers/ #History #Anaximander #Anaximenes #Critias
Pre-Socratic Philosophers

The Pre-Socratic Philosophers are defined as the Greek thinkers who developed independent and original schools of thought from the time of Thales of Miletus (l. c. 585 BCE) to that of Socrates of Athens...

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World History EncyclopediaJul 26, 2023
Anaximenes of Miletus (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/Anaximenes/ #History #Anaximander #Anaximenes #GreekPhilosophy
Anaximenes

Anaximenes of Miletus (l. c. 546 BCE) was a younger contemporary of Anaximander and generally regarded as his student. Known as the Third Philosopher of the Milesian School after Thales (l. c. 585 BCE...

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World History EncyclopediaJul 4, 2023
Anaximenes of Miletus (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/Anaximenes/ #History #Anaximander #Anaximenes #GreekPhilosophy
Anaximenes

Anaximenes of Miletus (l. c. 546 BCE) was a younger contemporary of Anaximander and generally regarded as his student. Known as the Third Philosopher of the Milesian School after Thales (l. c. 585 BCE...

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AntonioMar 10, 2023

"All things originate from one another, and vanish into one another according to necessity; they give to each other justice and recompense for injustice in conformity with the order of Time."
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61118017-anaximander?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Z5HBpzrZgi&rank=1

#anaximander #science #nature #CarloRovelli #books

Anaximander: And the Nature of Science

The bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physic…

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TheEdinburghBookshopFeb 27, 2023

#WhatDougsReading : today Doug's enjoying learning about Anaximander & the scientific method with Carlo Rovelli's new
Allen Lane Books
release.

#science #History #books #ChooseBookshops #Anaximander #PopularScience #CarloRovelli #livres #HuglesDouglas #bookstodon

PhilDec 18, 2022
#anaximander and #spinoza would appear to have a lot in common.
World History EncyclopediaNov 28, 2022
Ancient Greek philosophy is a system of thought, first developed in the 6th century BCE, which was informed by a focus on the First Cause of observable phenomena. Prior to the development of this system by Thales of Miletus (l. c. 585 BCE), the world was understood by the ancient Greeks as having been created by the gods.
https://www.worldhistory.org/Greek_Philosophy/ #Anaximander #AntisthenesofAthens #AristippusofCyrene
Greek Philosophy

Ancient Greek philosophy is a system of thought, first developed in the 6th century BCE, which was informed by a focus on the First Cause of observable phenomena. Prior to the development of this system...

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