Scince PArt 1 ( Antiquity pre-socratic )

d. Antiquity (600 BCE to 529 CE)

 Rise of Greek civilization

 Natural philosophers – first scientists

 Pre-Socratic Philosophers

• yes

• No

Assumed Earth to be floating in water

• NO

• Thales

Formulated a theory of the origin and evolution of life.

• no

• Anaximander

Suggests that air is the primary substance

• Anaximenes

• no

“change is the essence of all being” and fire plays a crucial role in the process.

• Heraclitus

• no

thought that atoms are solid, indestructible particles that are separated by empty space -

• Democritus

• no

Recognizes that Earth is sphere

 Pythagoreans - viewed the universe as form and number

• Pythagoras

• no

Recognized as Father of Medicine

 Hippocratic Oath - encourages separation of medicine from religion

• no

• Hippocrates