Philosophy Before Socrates - Early Ionian Achievement
Date Submitted: 04/16/2001 00:04:28
Is the early Ionian approach to accounting for the events in the world an improvement over that of the Old Testament? That depends on the parameters and definitions of the comparison. For simplicity's sake, we will let "account of the events in the world" include how the world came to be in the first place and how it is now. An improvement is defined as an account based on stronger logical (or scientific) foundation, since
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accurate representation. This having been said, the state of events in our world today and the composition of things is better accounted for by the Ionians, where the Old Testament barely delved into the concept at all. The Bible is a wonderful expression of religion, but not a very good one of natural events on the earth. Although their disunity may have weakened their ideas, perhaps the Ionians are the true forefathers of modern thought.
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