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Nt1310 Unit 2 Assignment

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1. Prior to this week’s assigned reading my understanding of nature was one that is ever expanding, with atoms at the core. Being science and mathematics nearly always come hand in hand, I related math to be an essential matter as well. Through our reading I found connections through Heraclitus, as he understood our world as one of fire “meaning there is always” change and flux. Condensing the entire world into one substance is quite brave as the world as we know and understand is composed of many elements and substances. I also found relations to Democritus, as he was a pluralist, believing in the world being made of more then one part. He understood the world to be created by atoms. My relation of science and math could not help but relate to Pythagoras. His understanding of the world is rooted in numbers; numbers being the nature of all things. 2. …show more content…

Many modern thinkers in my opinion favor Democritus’ atomic claim as it easily aligns with many modern ways of thought. This is one reason it is appealing; however, this is not the only reason. The atomic way of thought is capable of being applied to many “things”. Where as with Thales, or Heraclitus’ ideology of the world being created by one substance is a bit harder to imagine all of our world’s features. Atoms are malleable in order to be many things while still remaining an atom. In some ways of thought Democritus introduced the atomic process, without disrupting the single substance idea. For example, a chair is a chair, if we take a closer look that chair is composed of atoms. The chair is not a chair because of its look; it is a chair because of its atoms. The same may be said for a table, a clock, or any being. With this in consideration is Democritus really a

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