This civilization's thinkers developed a belief in material monism, the idea that all objects in the world are made of a single "first element.
This civilization's thinkers developed a belief in material monism, the idea that all objects in the world are made of a single "first element." One such thinker from this civilization, (*) Anaximenes [ah-nax-ih-men-ees], believed that that element was air; another thinker, Thales [thay-lees], believed it was water. For ten points, name this civilization whose natural philosophers from Miletus inspired its later schools, such as the Lyceum of
Aristotle in Athens.
This civilization's thinkers developed a belief in material monism, the idea that all objects in the world are made of a single "first element.
ancient Greece (accept Miletus until it is read, but do not accept other specific Greek city-states)