Tag: atomism
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![[Old] Chapter 1-Part 3: Version 0.3: The Beginnings and Philosophical Foundations of Chemistry: Ancient Atomists](https://rethinkingsubstance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/plato_anaxagoras__democritus_wellcome_m0009604-689607957-e1725717622223.jpg?w=1024)
[Old] Chapter 1-Part 3: Version 0.3: The Beginnings and Philosophical Foundations of Chemistry: Ancient Atomists
A draft of a deprecated chapter on the so-called Ancient Greek atomists…
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![[Old] Chapter 1-Part 2: Version 0.3: The Beginnings and Philosophical Foundations of Chemistry: Origins of Natural Philosophy](https://rethinkingsubstance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/pherecydes_of_syros_recent_bust_syro208-2545820094-e1725719610287.jpg?w=744)
[Old] Chapter 1-Part 2: Version 0.3: The Beginnings and Philosophical Foundations of Chemistry: Origins of Natural Philosophy
Early draft of a deprecated chapter. …from the time of Homer, and the advent of written Greek, humankind began to feel separate from the world of Gods and elemental beings. As Steiner said: “Their thought pictures developed as a tool of truth”….
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![[Old] Chapter 1-Part 1 – Prehistory: Version 0.3: The Beginnings of Chemistry and the End of Realism](https://rethinkingsubstance.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/amphitheatrum_sapientiae_aeternae_-_alchemists_laboratory.jpg?w=1006)
[Old] Chapter 1-Part 1 – Prehistory: Version 0.3: The Beginnings of Chemistry and the End of Realism
Early draft of deprecated chapter. The mysteries to be explored in this book largely fall under the subject matter of chemistry. Though I was not particularly talented at school or university in the practical art of chemistry, I have always been fascinated by its apparent magical qualities. There is something deeply mysterious about it. I…
Rethinking the Nature of Substance 