College English, Book I Unit 9 The brain The most powerful Computer in the Universe
College English, Book I The Brain The Most Powerful Computer in the Universe Unit 9
Background Information Organization of the Text Introductory Questions Text New Word Reading ● Intensive Study Exercise Check-up Assignment
• Background Information • Organization of the Text • Introductory Questions • Text & New Word Reading • Intensive Study • Exercise Check-up • Assignment
Background Information Aristotle Brain reece □
• Aristotle • Brain • Greece Background Information
Background Information More than any other thinker, Aristotle determined the orientation and the content of western intellectual history. He was the author of a philosophical and scientific system that through the centuries became the support and vehicle for both medieval(中世纪的) Christian and slamic(伊斯兰教的) scholastic thought: until the end of the 17th century, Western culture was Aristotelian. Even after the intellectual revolutions of centuries to follow, Aristotelian concepts and ideas remained em bedded(深入) in Western thinking More to learn
Background Information More than any other thinker, Aristotle determined the orientation and the content of Western intellectual history. He was the author of a philosophical and scientific system that through the centuries became the support and vehicle for both medieval（中世纪的） Christian and Islamic（伊斯兰教的）scholastic thought: until the end of the 17th century, Western culture was Aristotelian. Even after the intellectual revolutions of centuries to follow, Aristotelian concepts and ideas remained embedded（深入）in Western thinking. More to learn
Background Information Aristotle's intellectual range was vast, covering most of the sciences and many of the arts. He worked in physics, chemistry, biology, zoology, and botany(i 物学); in psychology, political theory, and ethics(伦理 学); in logic and metaphysics(行而上学); in history, literary theory, and rhetoric(修辞学)· His greatest achievements were in two unrelated areas: he invented the study of formal logic, devising for it a finished system, known as Aristotelian syllogistic(三段论法的), that for centuries was regarded as the sum of logic; and he pioneered the study of zoology, both observational and theoretical, in which his work was not surpassed (超越) until the19 th century. More to learn
Background Information Aristotle’s intellectual range was vast, covering most of the sciences and many of the arts. He worked in physics, chemistry, biology, zoology, and botany（植 物学）; in psychology, political theory, and ethics （伦理 学）; in logic and metaphysics （行而上学）; in history, literary theory, and rhetoric （修 辞学 ） . His greatest achievements were in two unrelated areas: he invented the study of formal logic, devising for it a finished system, known as Aristotelian syllogistic（三段论法的）, that for centuries was regarded as the sum of logic; and he pioneered the study of zoology, both observational and theoretical, in which his work was not surpassed （超越）until the 19th century. More to learn