Who Were The Pythagoreans How Did They Try Solve The...

1. Who were the Pythagoreans? How did they try to solve the dilemma of Anaximander? The Pythagoreans were a group of people who followed Pythagoras in 530 B.C. They are well known for their work in mathematics and for numerology, they tried to prove that everything is made up of numbers. The Pythagoreans tried to solve the problem of Anaximander by the theory of the Limit which was the flaw in Anaximander’s theory. 2. What are the basic characteristics of the Pythagorean philosophy? The characteristics of the Pythagorean philosophy is that all things are numbers, and the odd are the limited and the even the unlimited, and that that everything in the universe is the result of the two opposite but the same, forces. 3. What are the aspects of the phenomenon of change that makes it a â€Å"riddle†? The aspects of the phenomenon of change that make it a riddle is that the way that it is worded means that people have to think about the answer, but if you don’t know how something changes or why it changes then you can’t really get an answer. 4. What was Heraclitus’s answer to the riddle? Heraclitus’s answer to the riddle was â€Å"you can’t step into the same river twice† meaning that the river is not the same as the one you stepped in (Parker, 20). 5. What was Parmenides’ answer to the same riddle? Parmenides’ answer to the riddle was that â€Å"change is an illusion† meaning all there is already exists and nothing can change. Parmenides disbelieves in his senses thus his reason that change