enomena of nature are only apparent anddue to human error, they seem to exist, but have no real existence. This is a man whowill not believe something is true or real not even if he saw it. I really don’t agree withthat concept. I believe if you see it, it really exists.Another philosopher that was mentioned to Sophie was Empedocles. He believedthat all things are composed of four primal elements: earth, air, fire, and water. The twoactive and opposing forces, love and hate, act upon these elements, combining separatingthem into valid forms. Empedocles believed that no change involving the creation of newmatter is possible, only changes in the combinations of the four existing elements mayoccur. I would have to agree with what was concluded on Empedocles theory. “The onlyway we can accept the transformations we can see with our own eyes, is to admit theexistence of more than one single basic substance”. Earth does not make visualtransformation by fire, water, and air. All three elements can destroy or transform itemson earth.Another philosopher that was mentioned was Anaxagoras. Anaxagoras introducedthe notion of reason. I got the impression after reading this theory that all matter hadexisted originally as atoms, or molecules, that these atoms, infinitely numerous and small,had existed all eternity, and that order was first produced out of this infinite chaos ofatoms through the influence of intelligence. He believed that all bodies are simpleaggressions of atoms. Here is an example of what I think he means in this theory. A barof gold, iron, or copper would be composed of inconceivable minute particles of thesame material. That example is basically what Anaxgoras’s concept implies.All these things that Sophie was learning about started to really fascinate andexcite her. She was able to follow those philosophers idea with her own common sense. Sophie also studies Democritusis’...
