The standard claim is that philosophy begins with Thales. Why did philosophy come into being in a clusters of cities on the coasts of Asia minor? Ascribed to Thales by Aristotle: “The first principle and basic nature of all things is water, ”and “All things are full of gods.” Why do historians of philosophy get worked up over these lines? To see their significance, let’s set a context by going back to the worldview of the awesomely great Homer. So brush up on The Iliad, which I want to use as our pre-philosophy-worldview contrast object. Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2qgnmMDAEevJ28UNdXvboZ?si=LuTt_Zc5Th-kOpNd5thgBw YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast Bitchute http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Join our email list - http://eepurl.com/dEEsTj Contact Dr. Hicks, on twitter @SRChicks or visit http://www.StephenHicks.org Twitter: @OpenCollegePod Minds: www.minds.com/opencollege Bitchute: www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast Facebook: www.facebook.com/OpenCollegePodcast gab.ai: www.gab.ai/opencollege