Tag: Openminded

• What do we owe the first philosophers?

  We owe the very first Greek philosophers a debt of gratitude. It’s true that they learned much, in the way of mathematics, from the ancient civilisations of Egypt and Babylonia – geometry from the Egyptians and arithmetic from the Babylonians – but the Greeks introduced something new and different. What contributed to its emergence?  The…

  calgacus83

  4th Mar 2021

  Philosophy, Religion, Science

  Babylon, Egypt, Kings, Mathematics, Openminded, Priests