Essay On Animism And The Contributions Of Thales,...

nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;In the early times, before the beginning of human civilization and development of philosophy, people believed in the idea that Gods, who basically controlled every individual aspect of human existence, controlled the world. Some primitive people believed in the idea of Animism, or Hylozoism. (The belief that everything in the universe, especially material objects, have some kind of sole or is a living being.) These people believed that rocks, trees, and water had some kind of sole. Animism can still be seen today in Native American tribes as well as the Aboriginal people of Australia. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Although the Greek culture didn’t believe in Animism, an Ionian named Thales adopted†¦show more content†¦He is even credited for creating the first sundial. Anaximander believed in the theory of â€Å"apieron.† Apieron is the unlimited, indeficit, indestructible substance out of which individual things are created with and destroyed. Although he believed apieron was real, he also believed that it was unexplainable. It would be like saying that the letter W explained the alphabet. He also believed that the formation of the world was due to the separation of opposites, and that the opposites were constantly at war. With these factors, he believed that moderation is the key to success. Although some of his theories were proved wrong, Anaximander was the first person to brush the theory of evolution and was the father of Astronomy and cosmology. Many of Anaximander’s accomplishments are still regarded today. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Anaximenes was another Greek philosopher who lived around the time of Anaximander. He was Anaximander’s most notable student, but disagreed with Anaximander on many levels. Anaximenes disagreed with the notion of apieron, but went back a generation of thought to Thales ideas on the substance of which life is made. Anaximenes’ ideas were much different from the ideas of Thales because Anaximenes believed that air was the ultimate substance, rather than water or apieron. Anaximenes introduced the ideas of condensation and rarifacation. To prove this theory he said that when air is rarified, it becomes