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Socrates made a major contribution to pedagogy via his dialectical method and to epistemology via his definition of true knowledge as true belief buttressed by some rational justification.

470–399 Socrates – Socrates has been called the father of western philosophy, if only via his influence on Plato and Aristotle.

In his model he used four elements (water, fire, earth, air) and four seasons to derive diversity of natural systems.

490–430 Empedocles proposed a first natural, non-religious system of factors that create things around, including human characters.

500 Alcmaeon - suggested theory of humors as regulating human behavior (similar to Empedocles' elements) 600 BCE – Many cities in Greece had temples to Asklepios that provided cures for psychosomatic illnesses. 1550 BCE – The Ebers Papyrus mentioned depression and thought disorders.