Philosophy- 1

Philosophy- 1

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THALES AND THE PRE-SOCRATICS
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Christianity is not simply ‘made up stories’ from some bible.
 
No- the history of Western Thought- Philosophy- ideas- all of the various World Views are embedded with God- our concepts of God- and ask the ultimate question ‘where did all this come from- and why are we here’.
 
We usually trace the beginning of Ancient Philosophy to the 6th century BCE.
 
A thinker by the name of Thales sought to find ways to describe natural phenomena without the use of Greek Mythology.
 
Even though Philosophy deals with Metaphysics [things beyond the natural- physical realm- Physics] yet Thales wanted to find explanations for existence- without leaning on Myth.
 
He is considered a ‘Pre Socratic’ thinker [before Socrates] and espoused an idea that water was the key source of all things.
 
These guys were looking for a singular thing to explain stuff.
Sometimes referred to as a unified theory- the same thing that Einstein was seeking to find some 2 Millennia later.
 
So- Thales surmised that water was the key thing.
 
There are various ideas of why he came to this conclusion- but one reason might have been the idea of motion.
 
Many Geek thinkers were looking for the source of motion- where did it come from?
 
And to the natural eye- if you observe the ocean- rivers- etc. – there does seem to be no cause for the moving of water- so to these guys it seemed like water itself was the source- motion came from water.
 
Now- there were other religions who taught a sort of idea along these lines.
 
Some pagan religions said that the ‘god’s’ moved upon the water- and life came that way.
 
If you read the Christian account of creation in Genesis- you will notice that God did move upon the waters- and the account in Genesis does indeed say that he brought forth life from the water.
 
Thales came from for Miletus- in Asia Minor.
 
He was famous for the prediction of a Solar Eclipse that occurred on May 28th– 585 BCE.
 
The earliest account of this is found in the writings of Herodotus.
Thales is considered one of the 7 sages of the time. [Some sites see here  https://corpusoutreach.weebly.com/most-recent-posts/philosophy-12910647 ]
 
Christianity was born at a time where Greek thought/ideas were a big part of society.