the meaning BEGINNING WITH the pre-Socratic philosophers, thinkers focused on the components and elements they perceived in the universe. To these individuals, the universe consisted of people: nature

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the meaning BEGINNING WITH the pre-Socratic philosophers, thinkers focused on the components and elements they perceived in the universe. To these individuals, the universe consisted of people: nature; the Earth, sun, and moon: and empty space. What does it mean " the universe consisted of people" here?

2014년 10월 21일 오후 2:52

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It's the punctuation which confuses things here. There shouldn't be a colon ':' after people. The text is saying that these individuals believes that the universe consisted of a number different of things, including people, nature, the earth and so on.

2014년 10월 21일

Have you changed the punctuation? The punctuation is impossible as it stands. Probably it should read: "To these individuals, the universe consisted of people, nature, the Earth, sun, and moon, and empty space.", then 'people' would be the first item in a list of things the universe consists of.

2014년 10월 21일

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