In 585 B.C., Thales used mathematical and astronomical investigations to predict a solar eclipse. ... The Sophists appeared in 5th century BCE, mainly because there was a growing demand for education in Greece. ... They wandered about Greece from place to place, gave lectures, took pupils, and entered into disputations. ... Though not disgraceful in itself, the wise men of Greece had never accepted payment for their teaching. ... Topics included rhetoric, politics, grammar, etymology, history, physics, and mathematics. ...

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With that thought, he hoped to make mathematics the fundamental study in physics. ... Ancient Greeks only considered real concepts to be knowledge, not nature. ... One of the questions that the ancient Greeks could not grasp was that of voids. ... Politics, to the ancient Greeks, was governing a country wisely. ... Greek philosophers were very different in their views in things, but agreed in many. ...

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During the Hellenic and Hellenistic periods, the ancient Greeks were hard at work, making long-lasting contributions to art, poetry, drama, sports, mathematics, science and philosophy. ... He believed that education in astronomy and mathematics was important and a way to sharpen their minds. ... Archimedes was one of the greatest ancient Greek mathematicians. ... One of the Greek physicians was, Hippocrates. ... Pythagoras' major contribution was his mathematical contributions. ...

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"Plato" If Thales was the first of all the great Greek philosophers, Plato must remain the best known of all the Greeks. ... He was fond of mathematics because of its abstractions and its separation from the material. He believed that mathematics in its ideal form could still be applied to the heavens. ... Also in mathematics, Plato's name is attached to the Platonic solids. ... Some of Plato's views on mathematics have been proven to be true. ...

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Hegel saw it being the same as what Plato did for the Greeks by giving them an interpretation of the nature of Greek ethical life. ... He uses mathematics as the example to say that in mathit is acceptable to establish your own theories by using other peoples theorem without having to prove those theorem again yourself, but this is because it is the way of the world of learning to stand on the shoulders of those that have come before you. Mathematics is a collective rather than individual achievements. ...

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From the perspectives of Karl La ¶with and Hans Jonas concerning human orientation to a 'higher' metaphysical dimension, the ancient Greek, eternal cosmic order appears to be normative to human thinking and acting as far as in the ancient-Greek philosophies the cosmos, as an 'eternal jewel', shares goodness, beauty and rationality. ... Man is creator of mathematical objects and mathematics becomes the gateway to knowledge of reality. ...

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Aristotle was born is Stagira, in northern Greece in 384 BC. ... He spent his life writing about everything that he thought about or observed: poetry, ethics, politics, physics, mathematics, anatomy, physiology, and logic, just to name a few of his areas of interest and thought. ...

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As Plato once said "philosophy begins in wonder". Plato was part of a triad of great thinkers who had in common a student - teacher relationship built on questioning and discussion rather than memorization and recollection of facts. Although they agreed and disagreed on many topics, it was their s...

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