The Archaic age of ancient Greece went from about 776 BCE to 479 BCE. It marked the end of the Greek dark ages, which began with that late Bronze Age collapse. The Pre-Socratics greatly influenced the path that all philosophy and eventually science took after them.
In this episode we begin a series on the beginnings of "Western" thought and science. We start with the catastrophy of the Mycenean Collapse, the Greek Dark Ages, and the Archaic Age, then continue with a discussion of Miletus and its most revered citizen, Thales. Thales has left his mark on the planet with his work. As a brilliant sage whose ideas were the beginnings of science, he helped set a trajectory for all future generations of philosophers and scientists.
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