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EPISODE · Aug 15, 2016 · 55 MIN

020 The Intellectual Revolution

from The History of Ancient Greece

In this episode, we describe the new schools of thought that began to percolate in the 6th century BC about our existence and role in this universe absent from the gods, and we detail the lives, influences, and various theories put forth by the earliest of these so-called "Pre-Socratic" philosophers; included among them are Thales, Anaximandros, Anaximenes, Pherekydes, Pythagoras, Xenophanes, and Heraklitos Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2016/08/020-intellectual-revolution.html

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