The great jump between everything we know rooted before and after is exactly that it starts in Milletus with him and his master Thales. This new way of addressing phenomena natural phenomena without any reference to the gods that's real novelty so in a sense is a is the beginning of a neutralistic approach to explaining nature. We have no indication that for him there was any conflict between this and the religious way of thinking around him.
This week on the Penguin Podcast, Nihal is joined by writer, science populariser and theoretical, Carlo Rovelli.
He joins us to talk about the new English translation of his first book, Anaximander.
They all also discuss the singular genius of the philosophers of the past, the importance of questioning our reality, the significance of a typewriter in his writing career, and his admiration for the theoretical physicist John Wheeler.
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