TIL about the first philosophical battle royale. Pre-Socratics asked: What's the universe made of? Six views: Thales (water), Empedocles (4 elements), Democritus (atoms), Pythagoras (numbers), Heraclitus (change), Parmenides (unchanging one). Who's the cosmic champ and why?

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