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The Ancient Greeks believed that the Earth was made up of four elements: Earth, water, fire and air. These elements then corresponded with the seasons due to their properties: e.g. fire =F= summer because it is associated with heat. This idea also extended into medicine, as Hippocratic ideas were established, where it was believed that the body was made up from four humours: blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile, and one became ill when any of these humours became out of balance. This idea was not difficult for the Ancient Greeks to accept as the each humour corresponded with a season. For example: blood =F= spring (it is warm and moist) phlegm's =F= winter (one was thought to have an excess of phlegm's when one had a cold, therefore due to the fact one usually gets colds in the winter this humour was associated with it) yellow bile =F= summer (an excess of this humour was thought to cause sweating, and the yellow colour is also thought to be summery) black bile =F= autumn (the colour of the dead leaves is associated with this humour, and it was also thought to cause dry skin, again a similar property of dry leaves). I hope this answer is a satisfactory one
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What problems concerned Greek and Hellenistic philosophers?
Greek and Hellenistic philosophers, such as Plato and Aristotle, wrote about the nature of love and friendship. They were also concerned with the virtuous life and with how to attain happiness.
What ancient Greek author of 90 plays invoked the gods to solve problems?
plotinus
What did Arab philosophers try to harmonize greek ideas about reason with?
Arab philosophers tried to harmonize Greek ideas with religious beliefs
What are two ancient greek philosophers?
domica caldwell and efude dominance
Who was democritus?
democritus was greek philosophers.
What did philosophers of the Enlightenment have faith in believing it could answer questions and solve problems?
science
A new generation of philosophers believed that WHAT could be used to solve all problems?
Logic
Which did philosophers of the Enlightenment have faith in believing it could answer questions and solve problems?
They believed in the power of Reason.
A new generation of philosophers believed that WHAT could be used to solve all human problems?
Logic
What problems concerned Greek and Hellenistic philosophers?
Greek and Hellenistic philosophers, such as Plato and Aristotle, wrote about the nature of love and friendship. They were also concerned with the virtuous life and with how to attain happiness.
Greek philosophers tried to do what?
Greek Philosophers tried to discover truth through reasoning. Greek philosophers dealt with many subjects, such as:political philosophyethicsmetaphysicsontologylogicbiologyrhetoricaesthetics
Were greek philosophers forced to kill each other?
No, not philosophers.
What ancient Greek author of 90 plays invoked the gods to solve problems?
plotinus
How were philosophers treated and regarded?
The Greek philosophers Were treated Worse then they should have been.
Famous Greek philospher?
Aristotle and Plato are the two most famous Greek philosophers. Other famous Greek philosophers include Parmenides, Diogenes, and Cleanthe.
What do Greek philosophers love?
wisdom
What are Greek thinkers called?
Philosophers.
