Unlike mythology, which was often dogmatic, philosophy encouraged students to argue with their teachers to find a closer version of the truth. 3. The Shift to the Human Condition
Before Socrates focused on human ethics, the earliest philosophers (the Pre-Socratics) were obsessed with the natural world. They sought the —the fundamental "stuff" or first principle of the universe. The beginning of western philosophy : interpret...
The belief that human reason is capable of uncovering that order. which was often dogmatic
A student of Thales, he argued that the source couldn't be a specific element like water, but must be the Apeiron —an "indefinite" or "boundless" substance that balances the opposites of the world (hot/cold, wet/dry). The beginning of western philosophy : interpret...