Important People In History5

Hippocrates: Greek doctor who taught that sickness was caused by imbalance of the four “humors” of the human body, and put down the teachings of witchcraft.

Pythagoras: Greek philosopher and mathematician who developed the Pythagorean Theorem and believed the earth was round and human souls were immortal.

Archimedes: Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor who discovered laws of buoyancy, hydrostatics, and calculus

Euclid: Greek mathematician who developed postulates and rules of geometry

Aristarchus: Greek astronomer who claimed that the earth revolved around the sun

Socrates: A Greek philosopher who would teach using questions

Plato: Greek teacher who taught through dialogue

Thales: Earliest known Greek philosopher who believed that water was the basis of all things.

Eratosthenes: Greek Mathematician who measured the earth

Ptolemy: Greek astronomer who claims that everything revolves around the earth

Hero: An Egyptian mathematician

The Stoics: A group of philosophers who believed that the earth was a creature

Zeno: Greek Philosopher who used the REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM a lot

The Cynics: a group of philosophers who tried to discover true happiness

Antisthenes: A disciple of Socrates who formed the cynics

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