083 Eleatics and Atomists
The History of Ancient Greece
Ryan Stitt
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2017
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, part one of four on a series on Greek philosophy, mathematics, and science in the 5th century BC, we describe the lives, influences, and various theories put forth by the Eleatic School (Parmenides, Zeno, and Melissos) and the so-called Atomists (Leukippos and Demokritos)
Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2018/11/083-eleatics-and-atomists.html
Intro by Josh Harle of The Ancient History Guy
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, you're listening to the History of Ancient Greece podcast. I'm the |
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| 0:08.6 | I ran the YouTube channel Ancient History Guy, an animated history channel |
| 0:12.4 | discussing ancient warfare, battles, |
| 0:14.9 | civilizations, and major events in the ancient world with new videos every single Monday. |
| 0:20.0 | Also occasionally cover a little bit of medieval just to spice things up. |
| 0:24.0 | Now let's let Ryan get on with the podcast. Thanks again and I'll be seeing you around. |
| 0:28.0 | Enjoy! You're not going to be here. And the So, Hello, I'm Ryan Stitt, and welcome back to the history of ancient Greece. |
| 1:17.0 | Episode 83, Eliatics and Atomists. |
| 1:22.0 | Today's episode is brought to you by our new October Patreon supporters Daniel Leon and |
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| 1:44.1 | donor at PayPal. Links to the various sites are in the show notes. And now let us |
| 1:48.8 | turn our attention back to the ancient Greeks. |
| 1:53.0 | The Greeks of the time of Homer and Heseid had viewed the earliest state of the universe as a |
| 1:57.8 | formless void that they called chaos. |
| 2:00.9 | And from chaos, the order of their own world had emerged, known as the Cosmos, a Greek word meaning |
| 2:06.8 | both order and beauty, which is where we get words such as cosmetics for makeup or cosmetic surgery to improve appearance. |
| 2:15.3 | Mythology served the important function of grounding the growth of the Cosmos from chaos |
| 2:20.5 | and various actions taken by the gods. |
| 2:23.0 | But the great contribution of the 6th century BC Greek thinkers of Ionia |
| 2:27.0 | was in their determination to abandon this mythological and religious framework |
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