Greek Philosophy And Science: Why Study Irrelevant Information?

"Greek Philosophy and Science : Why study irrelevant information?" One of the most fascinating aspects about humans is their pursuit of knowledge and discovery. The modern facts of science obtained today were all dissected from thoughts and interpretations from the first Greek thinkers, which we now call scientists. To understand and use the ideas of those scientists to help the modern world of science be what it is today, we actually need to study the false claims and try to understand why these scientists thought the things they did. They based their studies off of three things: terrestrial measurement, astronomy, and physical reality (Greek P&S). It all started with the founder of the Milesian school of philosophy, Thales of Miletus. None of his writings survived, but the great Aristotle credits him with his major ideas: that water is the first principle and basic ingredient of all things; that earth floats on water; that everything is full of gods; and

From there on many other scientists and philosophers came up with their own ideas and why the scientists who previously stated their beliefs were wrong. Anaximander didnt agree with Aristotle, Anaximenes didn't agree with Anaximander, Xenophanes didnt't agree with Anaximenes, and it goes on and on. Still today scientists are discovering new information that ultimately leads to modern facts to become irrelevant. The fact of the matter is that even though each person thinks their idea was more correct that the person before them, they still learned from one another. The only difference was that as time went on, more things were able to be proved and therefore led to certain pieces of