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Seven Remarks
1. The Pre-Socratic Philosophers: gradual move away from religious mythology to philosophy of nature.
2. The Oracle of Delphi: (i) “Know thyself” (Γνῶθι σεαυτόν); (ii) “Nothing in excess” (Μηδὲν ἄγαν)
3. Socrates and the method of Socratic questioning.
4. Plato: The real Socrates and the character “Socrates” ion the dialogues of Plato/
5. Aristotle: Student of Plato for 2- years; the Sciences: Productive, Theoretical, Practical
6. Greek origins of the sciences: Speaking Ancient Greek Today: ThoughtCo. list of names of sciences based on Greek: Link
7. Conceptual discursive thinking: Mathematics, in particular Geometry. What was the inscription at the Academy of Plato at Athens? Ἀγεωμέτρητος μηδεὶς εἰσίτω. Ageōmétrētos mēdeís eisítō. “Let no one untrained in geometry enter.”
8. Aristotle was the first thinker to write a book of logical reasoning and a book on scientific mythology.