Aristotle's First Principle

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Philosopher aristotle said that there must be a first principle from which all change brings the world into being. The early group of philosophers, so called monists, came up with various suggestions. For thades, it was water. For anaximones, it was air and er for heraclitus, it became the logos. And then at the end of this series, you get empedocles, who says, well, actually, let's think of all four physical elements, earth, fire, air and water, as being the roots of everything.

Armand D’Angour is a professor of classics at the University of Oxford and the author of several books including Socrates in Love and his latest, How To Innovate. In this episode we discuss:- The 3 different types of innovation and how to use them to your advantage - How the Greeks thought about change and what we can learn from them- The relationship between innovation and ethicsWe also cover the true story behind Archimedes’ famous “Eureka!” moment and Aristotle’s thoughts on political innovation.