Summary of Los Filósofos Presocráticos (Primera parte)

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The video discusses the first philosophers, who were Greek thinkers who lived before Socrates. They were called "presocratics" because they studied philosophy before Socrates. The video discusses Miletus, who was the first philosopher, and Heráclito, who believed that the world is always and ever fire.

• 00:00:00 The first philosophers called "philosophers" or "ancient geometricians" were Greek thinkers who lived before Socrates. They were called "presocratics" because they studied philosophy before Socrates, which means they were anterior to him. Socrates was born in the 5th century BC, so the temporal range we'll be exploring will be between the 7th and 5th centuries BC. Miletus held the title of "first philosopher" and they say he was a wise distracted man with a great intellect who traveled to Egypt and Caldea and learned mathematical knowledge and made observations that would later help him with his investigations. Imagine you are standing in front of a pyramids and I ask you to look at it using only the sun as your tool. You would be able to do it, but I wouldn't be able to. So, if Miletus really knew about mathematics for doing things like giving names to series of the same theorems such as those of Euclid, he must have passed down these knowledge to us through history as a mathematician. Another interesting idea of his is the ism of zoism. He noticed that some rocks have a magnetic force and this led him to believe that the world is inhabited by a living force which he calls "the
• 00:05:00 In this video, the philosopher Heráclito is discussed. He believed that the world is always and ever fire, and that things individual come from fire and return to it. He also said that the world is in constant motion, and that it is impossible to descend to the same river twice. His most famous idea is that the world is in constant movement, and that it is impossible to know anything for sure. This contrast between Heráclito and Parmenides is discussed.