What we're seeing in this quest for ultimate reality of the ancient pre-Socratics is really what we would call the pursuit of God.

And in Greek philosophy, the idea of monotheism is a relatively late development.

Whereas to the Hebrew thinker, he starts with the infinite and the eternal. In the

beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

To study the history of human thought, the work of philosophers, is often to observe what

R.C. Sprolgist called the pursuit of God.

It's to see people seeking to make sense of the world, and many times, sadly, doing it

outside of a biblical worldview.

But that's not something reserved for philosophers or ancient history. People do

the very same thing today. Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and you're listening to Renewing Your Mind.

Ideas have consequences, and this week, R.C. Sprawl is tracing the history of philosophy and the

consequences of those ideas. You can study this topic further when you request the history of philosophy and the consequences of those ideas.

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Yesterday we met Thales and his idea that water was ultimate reality. While many others would follow him and disagree and come up

with their own interesting answers to that question, here's Dr. Sprawl as he introduces

us to these ancient philosophers.

In our first session, we took a brief overview of the first man who is usually considered

to be the father of ancient Greek philosophy, namely Thales.

And we saw that Thales had his quest for the R.K. or the ultimate reality that

would explain everything else. And he found that in water. Now, between the work of Thales in the

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