jan 1, 550 BC - CHARACTERISTICS

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-The question arises: where does everything come from? The objective was to find the "arjé" (or arché), which represents the beginning of the universe or the first element of all things, substance or matter.
-The search for permanent substance in the face of change, for the universal in the face of the particular.
-Nature is the expression of harmony between the parts and the whole.
-Step from myth (phenomena dependent on the will of gods or supernatural forces) to logos (rational explanations of phenomena, trying to be abstract and universal, not arbitrary and logical).

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