... once every four years in Olympia in Elis which is in southern Greece. Hardy's next subject to touch on was Greek thought and philosophy. Thales of Miletus in Asia Minor was the first to light the torch of Greek thought. Thales could not except the Greek legends of ... was air. Hardy then goes on to explain Plato's Republic and how it is probably his most widely read works. Plato's pupil was Aristotle, who after Plato's death became the tutor of Alexander the Great. Hippocrates is the next philosopher Hardy discusses. Hippocratese was the founder of ... explains that from earliest times...

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