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Ancient Greek Philosopher-Scientists

The Pre-Socratic Greek philosophers, that is, the philosopher-scientists who lived before or contemporaneously to Socrates, were the first men in the Western world to establish a line of inquiry regarding the natural phenomena that rejected the traditional religious explanations and searched for rational explanations. Even though they do not form a school of thought, they can be considered the fathers of philosophy and many other sciences as we have them now. None of their works is extant, so, in this collection, we present the textual fragments, when existing, of ten Pre-Socratic philosopher-scientists, and quotations and testimonials about them left by later authors. (Summary by Leni)

Genres: Ancient

Running Time: 3 hours 08 minutes 27 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Anaxagoras of Klazomenai (translated by John Burnet) Matt	11:13
2	Anaximander of Miletos (translated by John Burnet) Gitonga M'Mbijjewe	6:17
3	Anaximenes of Miletos (translated by Arthur Fairbanks) Gitonga M'Mbijjewe	9:42
4	Empedocles of Agrigentum (translated by William Ellery Leonard) Gitonga M'Mbijjewe	30:43
5	Heraclitus of Ephesos (translated by G.T.W. Patrick) hefyd	27:21
6	Parmenides of Elea (translated by John Burnet) Ernst Pattynama	13:14
7	Pythagoras of Samos and the pythagoreans (translated by Arthur Fairbanks) Enko	42:31
8	Thales of Miletos (translated by Arthur Fairbanks) Graham Redman	18:19
9	Xenophanes of Kolophon (translated by Arthur Fairbanks) Andrew Coleman	24:15
10	Zeno of Elea (translated by John Burnet) Enko	4:52