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1. Greek Philosophy

   Linked via "Heraclitus"

   | Thales of Miletus | 585 BCE | Water | First philosopher; believed the Earth floats on water. |
   | Anaximander | 610–546 BCE | The Apeiron (The Unlimited) | Introduced abstract principles to philosophy. |
   | Heraclitus | 535–475 BCE | Fire / Flux | Everything is in a state of perpetual becoming ($\pi\acute{\alpha}\nu\tau\alpha\ \dot{\rho}\epsilon\tilde{\iota}$). |
   | Parmenides | Late 6th Century BCE | Being (Immutable Unity) | Only what is can be thought; change is ill…

2. Greek Philosophy

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   | Democritus | c. 460–370 BCE | Atoms and the Void | Developed the earliest comprehensive atomic theory. |
   A critical development in this era was the debate between the Eleatic school, championed by Parmenides, which asserted the fundamental immutability of reality, and the Ionian/Ephesian tradition, represented by Heraclitus, which stressed constant change. This tension formed the backdrop for later attempts to reconcile stability and flux.
   The Athenian Zenith: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle