Ancient Greek Philosophers

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Ancient Greek Philosophers

• Really Smart Dead Guys

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Socrates469-399 BC

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Socrates
A stonecutter who left no writings and accepted
no money for his teachings
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Socrates
I am wise because I know I know nothing
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Socrates
The unexamined life is not worth living
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Socrates

• Called himself a gadfly

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Socrates
Virtue is knowledge
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Socrates
Developed Socratic Method, a series of
questions aimed at revealing the ignorance of the
other conversant
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Socrates
Accused of dishonoring the Gods and corrupting
the youth of Athens
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Socrates

• Died willingly despite the opportunity to avoid
  his death sentence.

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The Death of Socrates, by Jacques Louis David
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Plato429-347 BC

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Plato

• Aristocratic background
• Student of Socrates
• Established the Academy
• Wrote Dialogues, including The Republic, 360 BC

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Plato

• Venerated his teacher Socrates
• Trained as a mathematician
• Interested in ideal forms

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Aristotle384-322 BC

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Aristotle

• Father was physician to Philip of Macedon, and
  Aristotle was tutor to Alexander the Great

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Aristotle
Founded the Lyceum, which became a center of
study in a wide range of subjects
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Aristotle

• Known in the middle ages as the philosopher
  because of the range and authority of his ideas

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Aristotle From Raphaels School of Athens