Greek natural philosophy
Greek civilization was centered around the Aegean Sea.
Most important cities were Athens and Sparta
did the Greeks develop astronomy? Here is what Prof. Nicols had
to tell us.
- ~ 800 BC beginning of Greek city states.
- ~ 800 BC Iliad, Odyssey epic poems.
- ~ 550 BC Pythagoras mathematician.
- ~ 400's BC democratic Athens.
- ~ 400 BC Sophocles, Socrates philosophers.
- ~ 400 BC Peloponnesian Wars.
- ~ 300's BC Plato,
Aristotle , philosophers.
- ~ 300 BC Alexander the Great conquers vast territories.
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Davison E. Soper, Institute of Theoretical Science,
University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403 USA