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The Milesian School Timeline Game

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The Milesian School was a group of ancient Greek philosophers who were known for their focus on natural explanations for phenomena, rather than attributing everything to the gods. One way to understand their ideas and contributions is through a timeline game that challenges players to place events in their correct chronological order.

  • Players will learn about key figures such as Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes who were part of the Milesian School.
  • Events such as the prediction of a solar eclipse by Thales and the concept of the “apeiron” proposed by Anaximander will be included in the game.
  • The game will test players’ knowledge of the progression of ideas within the Milesian School and how they influenced later philosophical thought.
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  • 6th century BC: Thales of Miletus is considered the first philosopher of the Milesian school
  • 6th century BC: Anaximander, a student of Thales, develops his own philosophical ideas
  • 6th century BC: Anaximenes, another student of Thales, further develops the Milesian school's philosophy
  • 585 BC: Thales predicts a solar eclipse
  • 6th century BC: Anaximander proposes the concept of the apeiron or the boundless as the origin of all things
  • 6th century BC: Anaximenes posits air as the fundamental substance of the universe
  • 6th century BC: Thales is known for his contributions to geometry and astronomy
  • 6th century BC: Anaximander introduces the idea of evolution in his cosmology
  • 6th century BC: Anaximenes believes that air can transform into other substances through condensation and rarefaction
  • 6th century BC: The Milesian school is known for its focus on naturalistic explanations of the world
  • 6th century BC: Thales is said to have traveled to Egypt and Babylon to study their knowledge
  • 6th century BC: Anaximander is credited with creating the first world map
  • 6th century BC: Anaximenes introduces the concept of qualitative change in his philosophy
  • 6th century BC: The Milesian school is influential in shaping early Greek philosophy
  • 6th century BC: Thales is known for his philosophical principle that 'all things are water'
  • 6th century BC: Anaximander proposes that the earth is a cylinder floating in space
  • 6th century BC: Anaximenes believes that air is the source of life and motion
  • 6th century BC: The Milesian school's emphasis on reason and observation lays the foundation for Western philosophy
  • 6th century BC: Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes are collectively known as the 'Milesian trio'
  • 6th century BC: The Milesian school's ideas influence later philosophers such as Heraclitus and Parmenides

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