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Thales
one element is water
Anaximander
one element is “apeiron”, which = limitless, turns into other elements
Anaximenes
one element is air
Heraclitus
one element is fire, changeability/phenomena of universe, panta rei = everything is in flux
Pythagoras
numbers are the elements, ratio/harmony
Xenophanes
criticism of how the older poets (Homer) represent the gods, portrayed in the image of humans
Parmenides
being is one, no change (all change is an illusion)
Zeno
follower of Parmenides, tried to prove there is no movement
Empedocles
tiny pieces that mix together, that’s how change happens, moved by forces of nature (love and strife)
Anaxagoras
infinitely tiny pieces, moved by a whirl “vertigo”
Protagoras
sophist, “man is the measure of all things”
Gorgias
speech about how Helen isn’t to blame for the Trojan War