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Introducing History of Ancient Greek Philosophy In Verse .

Friends, I present to you the very edifice of Western Philosophy 
in Verse, dating back over two thousand five hundred years of History! Based on my 
painstaking research work because of my love for Philosophy! And while doing so, I tried to 
make the complex areas simple, as I tried to put it in rhyme, without sacrificing authenticity; 
and also keeping in mind brevity! All copyrights are reserved by me .

Introducing History Of Ancient Philosophy
                In Verse 
                    By
               Raj Nandy
 
    Pre – Socratic Period :
          Introduction

Man is born as a thinking being, 
With an inborn quest for knowledge 
and its endless thirst; 
Which gave rise to his intuitive and 
speculative thoughts, 
In an effort to quench his intellectual 
lust! 
Thus ‘philosophia’, – Greek for ‘love of
wisdom’, -
In ancient Greece took its birth! 
To seek the real behind the apparent, 
The substance behind the shadow; 
For all things on this planet earth, 
Became the endeavor behind all his
thoughts and speculations; 
And those ancient Greeks led the way -
towards this noble deliberation! 

The  Ionians Or Milesian Philosophers :

In the sixth century before Christ was born, 
Came the Ionian or Milesian philosophers, -
as they were called.
To delve at truth both simple and pure, 
And to find answers to questions that should 
endure! 
They were no longer satisfied with mythical
and superstitious explanations; 
And tried to delve into things using reasonable
speculations! 
They all pondered on a single substance called
the ‘arche’, 
From which all things derived, and was perhaps 
the original reality! 
They also deliberated on the problems of identity
and change, 
And how all things in nature rearranged! 

Thales Of Miletius :

During sixth century BC, on the western coast
of present day Turkey, 
In the thriving Greek colony of Miletus, 
Was born the Father of Greek Philosophy! 
He was Thales, regarded as one of the Seven 
Wise Men of Greek History! 
He broke the shackles of all mythical and
superstitious speculations, 
And liberated Greek minds for proper philosophic 
deliberations! 
He declared ‘water’ to be the ‘arche’ of all
creation! 
Water was that single substance from which all
things derived; 
And with time, into which all things would
finally subside!  (To be continued .) 
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