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To: Brumar89 who wrote (59982)	10/10/2014 7:19:23 PM
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As usual the staring-at-your finger-deflection, do you want people to pull your finger too? The Hillel/Hellene connection is clear and what was said in that post was the same, we think it was the "classics saved" part that got you lighting the witch torches. Hillel or Hellene, makes no difference dimmy, pull your own finger, the source of the philosophy was definitely Hellene. Those philosophers began to see religion & gods were all social mythologies,tribal localized constructs, it was human reason & self awareness that was always the key This was the body of the post, pull your own fingers The greatest influence on the Jewish mindset came from that sage from Babylon. Your religion was so completely Hellene inspired, why when those classics from antiquity came back to Europe centuries later, people really felt like they were truely saved....and they were saved.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (59982)	10/10/2014 7:42:00 PM
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THALES.... Founding Greek Philosopher (624 – c. 546 BC) studied in Egypt .Thales' rejection of mythological explanations became an essential idea for the scientific revolution. .He founded the Milesian School which, today, would equate with a private college at which young men could pursue a course of study in debate, investigation, and exploration of the world around them. He was also the first to define general principles and set forth hypotheses, and as a result has been dubbed the "Father of Science," though it is argued that Democritus is actually more deserving of this title Among his many achievements, Thales `...discovered' Ursa Minor, studied electricity, studied in Egypt and, perhaps, Babylon, developed a crude telescope, `discovered' the seasons and set the solstice, created what would later be known as `natural philosophy', and was recognized, along with illustrious men like Solon, as one of The Seven Sages of Ancient Greece (first mentioned in Plato's dialogue of the Protagoras). See More According to Bertrand Russell, "Western philosophy begins with Thales." [2] Thales attempted to explain natural phenomena without reference to mythology and was tremendously influential in this respect. Almost all of the other Pre-Socratic philosophers follow him in attempting to provide an explanation of ultimate substance, change, and the existence of the world without reference to mythology. Those philosophers were also influential and eventually Thales' rejection of mythological explanations became an essential idea for the scientific revolution. He was also the first to define general principles and set forth hypotheses, and as a result has been dubbed the "Father of Science," though it is argued that Democritus is actually more deserving of this title. [3] [4] en.wikipedia.org 120 Shares Like"}' data-reactid=".px.1">Like · · Share