Ancient and Medieval Medicine: Prehistory to 1600[rtoc] A shaman to combat disease and death: Prehistoric medicine A healer of one disease and no more: Ancient Egyptian medicine The balance of the doshas is freedom from disease: Ayurvedic medicine We rebuild what fortune has taken away: Plastic surgery First, do no harm: Greek medicine A body …
Ancient and Classical Periods: 6000 BCE-500 CE[rtoc] Numeral take their places: Positional numbers The square as the highest power: Quadratic equations The accurate reckoning for inquiring into all things: The Rhind papyrus The sum is the same in every direction: Magic squares Number is the cause of gods and daemons: Pythagoras A real number that …
The Ancient World: 700BCE – 250CE[rtoc] Thales of Miletus Everything is made of water Laozi The Dao that can be told is not the eternal Dao Pythagoras Number is the ruler of forms and ideas Siddhartha Gautama Happy is he who has overcome his ego Confucius Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles Heraclitus Everything …
Introduction Ancient Political Thought: 800BCE – 30CE[rtoc] Confucius: If your desire is for good, the people will be good Sun Tzu: The art of war is of vital importance to the state Mozi: Plans for the country are only to be shared with the learned Plato: Until philosophers are kings, cities will never have rest …