Showing posts with label philosophers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label philosophers. Show all posts

Monday, May 18, 2026

Age of Enlightenment.

Age of Enlightenment was an important time in history. It was in XVII and XVIII centuries.

During the Enlightenment era, science and philosophy actively developed in culture.

Rene Descartes, Francis Bacon, John Locke, and Immanuel Kant were philosophers of that time.

Discoveries were made in biology, physics, and chemistry.

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Friday, May 1, 2026

Great people: Democritus.

Democritus (Δημόκριτος) (Dēmókritos) was a philosopher in Ancient Greece. He was born c. 460 BC, in Abdera, Thrace.




Leucippus was a teacher of Democritus. They studied atomism.




Nature was his main interest.

Democritus died in c. 370 BC.



Sunday, March 1, 2026

Great people: Leucippus.

Leucippus (Λεύκιππος) (Leúkippos) was a philosopher in Ancient Greece. He was born in 5th century BCE.


Leucippus studied atomism. Also, he was interested in metaphysics.


Democritus (Δημόκριτος ) (Dēmókritos) was a student of Leucippus.


Sunday, March 9, 2025

Atlantis.

Atlantis (Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος) (Atlantìs nêsos) means 'island of Atlas'. This place was called after the Titan (Τιτᾶνες) (Titán) Atlas (Ἄτλας) (Átlās).

Atlantis was a fictional island country. There are many different myths and legends about this island.

Scientists in different periods of history wrote about Atlantis. The ancient Greek philosopher Plato (Πλάτων) (Plátōn) was one of them.

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Friday, June 3, 2022

Great people: Immanuel Kant.

Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher. He was born on April 22, 1724, in Prussia. Kant’s parents were Johann Georg Kant and Anna Regina Reuter.

His interests were: ethics, metaphysics, cosmogony, and epistemology.



Immanuel Kant studied in university.




He influenced many different philosophers.

Kant died on February 12, 1804, in Prussia.