Philosopher lapalooza - Socrates
- looked to science and logic (not the mythological gods) for explanation of how the world worked
- the Socratic Method fostered critical thinking
- people go there to communicate not just for many, connect people from other place together
- "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make you think."
- Socrates
- " the unexamined life is not worth living.:
- Socrates was changed with serious crimes
- impiety (disrespecting the Gods)
- did not deny what he had done; asked for free dinners
- found guilty by an Athenian jury dead by drinking hemlock.
- corrupting the youth of Athens
- at his trial, he described himself as a stinging god fly, and Athens as a lazy old horse
- did not deny what he had done; asked for free dinners
- found guilty by an Athenian jury, dead by drinking hemlock
Plato carries on
- Plato was a student and follower of Socrate
- he wrote out Socrate's teachings, and described his trial - Apology: exp;nation
- Republic was Socrates' discussion of justice and the ideal state-one of the most influential books on philosophy ever written
Aristotle - so ambitious
- Aristotle was a student of Plato
- he helped foster the idea of Athens as an intellectual destination
- his school - the Lyceum - focused on cooperative reserve - building on knowledge gathered from all over the world
Did Aristotle invent the Internet?
- not exactly, but he did dream of having the sum of mankind's knowledge easily accessedinoue location
- he wrote extensively on these topics:
- logic-physics-biology
- motion-theatre- poetry
- ethics-politics-rhetoric
- metaphysic-psychology-dreams
- he also tutored Alexander the Great
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