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thales1940
19y ago
My position is large in that it questions Pythagoras and so, everything that follows him. All phillosophy today is still Pythagorean in that it implies agreement with his subjective stance. The Greek miracle is in fact the discovery of ob
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thales1940
19y ago
There is no science before Thales, 600BC. There is general agreement that Thales is first to deduce certainties, implicitly building on inductions. So, the key to explaining the Greek miracle is an inspection of what we know about Thales.
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thales1940
19y ago
I take your point and suggest you go back and explain 'the Greek miracle' as everything after Pythagoras is a distortion.