Thales and the Origin of Philosophy | Philosophers, Explained by Professor Stephen Hicks

Philosophers, Explained covers major philosophers and texts, especially the great classics. In each episode, Professor Hicks discusses an important work, doing a close reading that lasts 40 minutes to an hour.
In this episode, Dr. Hicks discusses Homer’s worldview which included naturalistic and supernaturalistic elements and the worldview of Thales that “all is water”.

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Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting positions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., the University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in England, and Jagiellonian University in Poland.

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